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> in as conciliatory manner as it could be written Strongly disagree. I think emphasis is a really big deal here. Here's a key line from the memo: > Of course
by oconnor663 9y ago
> in as conciliatory manner as it could be written
Strongly disagree. I think emphasis is a really big deal here. Here's a key line from the memo:
> Of course, men and women experience bias, tech, and the workplace differently and we should be cognizant of this, but it’s far from the whole story.
This runs right into the Jon Snow line, "everything before the word 'but' is horse____." It comes across that the author doesn't think workplace bias is as important as [other stuff], or maybe that he doesn't think it's important at all, which is understandably hurtful to tons of people. Maybe that's an uncharitable reading, but can you really write about something like this and ask your readers to be unusually charitable to you?
- joshuamorton 9y agoRelevant to your John Snow callout: https://www.economist.com/news/international/21726276-last-week-paper-said-alphabets-boss-should-write-detailed-ringing-rebuttal https://www.economist.com/news/international/21726276-last-w...
- oconnor663 9y agoNow that you mention it, I definitely got the comparison from that article. Should've credited it!
- humanrebar 9y agoExcept that article itself is an egregious "I'm glad you say you like diversity but...".
- md224 9y agoI may not be correct here, but it seems to me that Jon Snow's remark isn't universally true. (Paradoxes FTW!)
- ljcrabs 9y agoI think that you are projecting emphasis into that sentence. The disclaimer before the 'but' reads quite clearly to me.