Is it ok to leverage my native american blood to have a bit more pull with hiring managers focused on diversity and inclusion in the workplace?

Background: I've been unemployed for 8 months and feel like I'm going nowhere with all the tech layoffs, I have a stellar record before that and several references, but this job market doesn't even give me a chance to put my foot in the door.

Problem is my name sounds too white and I am white presenting. Can I lean into my native blood and tribal name?

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If you think it’s bad for white people, wait til you find out the shocking truth of being a minority.

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What a load of BS. Everyone knows all the big companies have blatantly anti-White hiring policies now.

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Is your name Elizabeth Warren?

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No? Chad Holt, where did you get Elizabeth from?

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Sure, do what you gotta do!

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I, too, am "white presenting," but I don't think that should discourage you. Your heritage is your heritage, claim it. My dentist and I always joke that if I were to die unexpectedly and had no identification and an artist did a rendering of what I looked like based on the features of my skull, they would be pretty wrong. I have all the facial structures, teeth, and missing internal organs to show native heritage, but skin is a weird color white. If people can identify as cats and they clearly aren't cats, you are allowed to claim your actual native heritage.

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Shake, shake, shake your money maker.
Use what your momma gave ya.

Just don’t forget how you got that job, and if you get into a position of power, consider hiring a ln underprivileged white person who didn’t have the same affirmative action privileges that you had. 😉

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Absolutely! If there is one thing I’ve learnt is very few things happen purely based on merit. If you aren’t networking into a role, pulling some strings somewhere, using the system to your advantage, you’re not putting your best foot forward. All the while the vast majority of your competition is.

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Anything to gain an edge

If you are vice president of sales, people will know that you BS as part of your job…lol I don’t think people will believe you no matter what..lmao but doesn’t hurt to try

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