4 ms·
What does that have to do with racism?
by hughes 9y ago
What does that have to do with racism?
- cirgue 9y agoHigh stress, ultra-competitive workplace culture brings out the worst in people. This is not exactly a secret.
- randyrand 9y agoOn top of that, often people say racist words not because they really care about skin color, but because its just an easy way to piss people off when they're mad and looking to piss people off. Whether or not that doesn't count as racism is up for debate. But its similar to the motivations behind trolling, which is more or less just to stir shit up.
- evanlivingston 9y agoI don't think whether that counts for racism is up for debate.
- SamReidHughes 9y agoA better example is how trash talk at the line of scrimmage used to be done in the NFL.
- evanlivingston 9y agoI would hope NFL game tactics wouldn't be used as a analogies for ethics.
- SamReidHughes 9y agoIt's not an analogy. It's a different example where they aren't mad while trying to get in somebody's head.
- deleted 9y ago[deleted]
- randyrand 9y agoI disagree. Therefore its up for debate and you're wrong =) I think to be a racist you actually need to dislike people for their race. Motivation matters. Saying something racially mean only because you want to make them upset and not because you actually care about their race is not racist. Why? Because you don't actually dislike them for their race.
- agumonkey 9y agoIt's not a secret but you'd have to be seriously run down to start ranting racial slur at coworkers you have issues with. Maybe that's really just how sressful the company is .. but damn that would be crazy.
- cirgue 9y agoI mean, it seems like there are definitely some racist assholes working at Tesla just like everywhere else. The difference between those people 'getting it' and 'not getting it' is the set of norms, customs, and values of the people around them.