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Inarguably the best reply: https://medium.com/@mr.ed.dunn/please-dont-use-supposition-or-create-fake-news-on-a-serious-subject-regarding-tech-media-racism-ceea9

by jolux 10y ago

Inarguably the best reply: https://medium.com/@mr.ed.dunn/please-dont-use-supposition-or-create-fake-news-on-a-serious-subject-regarding-tech-media-racism-ceea96c8876b https://medium.com/@mr.ed.dunn/please-dont-use-supposition-o...

int_19h 10y ago
Is it? It doesn't seem to address any of the points in the original article - it just repeats the accusation that he is, indeed, "not black enough".
- jolux 10y ago
  No, it's because it explains how he is misusing the term "not Black enough" (used originally for dealing with colorism in the Black community) and accuses him instead of being a boring person. I can't call him out on the former but the latter I wholeheartedly agree with. If a journalist wants to write a story about overcoming adversity and you respond that you haven't had any adversity to overcome, if they reject you it's pretty silly to complain about it and also pretty plainly because you're too privileged to understand why this is important and his reaction makes it pretty clear that he is indeed too privileged to understand why talking about adversity is critical to overcoming it. (Also mentioned in the reply)
  - int_19h 10y ago
    It is not clear to me that the magazine was actually explicitly trying to write a story about adversity, or whether they are just trying to write a story about being black, and implied that this should include adversity (which is what the Brian had a problem with, if it's a racially-based implication). Indeed, it does seem to be more of the latter, at least if his words are taken at face value: "I was approached by Inc. Magazine for a feature on the life of a successful Black entrepreneur."
    - jolux 10y ago
      >and implied that this should include adversity (which is what the Brian had a problem with, if it's a racially-based implication) What, so we're not allowed to imply that racism exists anymore?

by jolux 10y ago

int_19h 10y ago

Is it? It doesn't seem to address any of the points in the original article - it just repeats the accusation that he is, indeed, "not black enough".

jolux 10y ago
No, it's because it explains how he is misusing the term "not Black enough" (used originally for dealing with colorism in the Black community) and accuses him instead of being a boring person. I can't call him out on the former but the latter I wholeheartedly agree with. If a journalist wants to write a story about overcoming adversity and you respond that you haven't had any adversity to overcome, if they reject you it's pretty silly to complain about it and also pretty plainly because you're too privileged to understand why this is important and his reaction makes it pretty clear that he is indeed too privileged to understand why talking about adversity is critical to overcoming it. (Also mentioned in the reply)
- int_19h 10y ago
  It is not clear to me that the magazine was actually explicitly trying to write a story about adversity, or whether they are just trying to write a story about being black, and implied that this should include adversity (which is what the Brian had a problem with, if it's a racially-based implication). Indeed, it does seem to be more of the latter, at least if his words are taken at face value: "I was approached by Inc. Magazine for a feature on the life of a successful Black entrepreneur."
  - jolux 10y ago
    >and implied that this should include adversity (which is what the Brian had a problem with, if it's a racially-based implication) What, so we're not allowed to imply that racism exists anymore?