> And it has been my experience that people who have politics "happen" to them from "the moment [they] wake up to the moment [they] sleep" in large part simply

> And it has been my experience that people who have politics "happen" to them from "the moment [they] wake up to the moment [they] sleep" in large part simply perceive that to be their existence. > 1000 people (0.000003% of the population) are killed by police annually. 24% of those killed are black. No person has a statistically relevant chance of being killed by police, and yet it is not uncommon to hear it stated that this is simply this segment of the population's "lived reality." It isn't, and that's the problem. Perception doesn't make a political experience any less valid. You don't have to have lived a traumatic experience to be afraid of it, and the records of bad encounters with police from black people are plenty even though they aren't counted in your stats. It is of course the same with women and sexual assault etc. I suggest you listen to the stories of people around you as they probably have many to tell, and if they don't, here is a very good read that someone posted here on HN: https://lithub.com/walking-while-black/ https://lithub.com/walking-while-black/ >Stating, as James Damore did, that the lack of female representation in tech is not appropriately attributable to workplace bias was a fireable offense. I don't believe that was the fireable offense, although the statement itself is no less ludicrous. If I remember well, the letter made a clear distinction between the abstract wishy-washy evopsych stuff and the clear implication that Google's current diversity policies were lowering the bar for hiring and thus that his female colleagues were less capable than average.