Or maybe it&#x27;s just human nature to identify with those who possess similar qualities. This isn&#x27;t &quot;systemic racism&#x2F;sexism&quot;, it&#x27;s perfectly natural. Minorities often favor other minorities in their own circles, women definitely favor other women, but because they&#x27;re in the minority the behavior somehow becomes ok. If people are upset about broken job interview processes, then maybe we should fix the fucking broken job interview process rather than scream &quot;racism&quot; or &quot;sexism&quot; and force people to hire for quotas.<p>Just like you mention, blind auditions boiled the interview down to the only thing that matters - the music. And if they were truly better at playing than the others, the orchestra was hurting itself by not hiring them in the first place. Other competing orchestras could implement the blind-audition approach and play much better music and get more audience members as a result.<p>The last thing you want, however, is to swing the other direction and give people jobs based primarily on their minority status. That&#x27;s as bad as nepotism&#x2F;cronyism and it rots organizations in the same way.