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If you don't mind, I have a couple of questions at the bottom. This is from what is said to be the post in question, cached here: https://outline.com/RVSLKq ht
by Diederich 8y ago
If you don't mind, I have a couple of questions at the bottom.
This is from what is said to be the post in question, cached here: https://outline.com/RVSLKq https://outline.com/RVSLKq
"On a personal note, at least two or three times a day, every day, a colleague at MPK [Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park] will look directly at me and tap or hold their wallet or shove their hands down their pocket to clutch it tightly until I pass. The frequency is even higher when walking through Classic campus or Building 20. To feel like an oddity at your own place of employment because of the color of your skin while passing posters reminding you to be your authentic self feels in itself inauthentic."
So I'm a pretty typical privileged white guy working for Facebook at MPK. I care about diversity, and more importantly, I acknowledge these kinds of problem, even without knowing most of the details.
This just blows me away:
"...a colleague ... will look directly at me and tap or hold their wallet or shove their hands down their pocket to clutch it tightly until I pass..."
So first, I'll just ask: does this mirror your experience?
Can you talk more about that?
What can I do to help my peers not be physically afraid of black people??
Thanks for your attention.