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They could launch a minority-owned social media company.
by ryacko 8y ago
They could launch a minority-owned social media company.
- arthur_pryor 8y agothat does not sound like a realistic course of action for a resource constrained group whose primary mission is not technology development. a minority group should not have to deal primarily with people in that group just to be treated fairly while making their way in society.
- ikeyany 8y agoThe NAACP is an advocacy group, not a tech company. Don't you think it's ethical for Facebook to change here?
- bobthepanda 8y agoYou could even say it's separate but equal.
- bobthepanda 8y agoApologies for not taking Poe's law into account, but it takes a serious lack of self-awareness to suggest that the organization responsible for the integration of the American public sphere should self-segregate.
- Dylan16807 8y agoThe comment you replied to didn't say anything about segregation. And don't say it was implied. Plenty of people of all races would be happier using a social network where the founders care significantly about discrimination.
- vict00ms 8y agoThe phrase "separate but equal" is a literal reference to segregation.
- Dylan16807 8y agoYou're misreading. There are two comments in a row by bobthepanda. The accusation is that ryacko's comment was suggesting segregation. That's what I disagreed with.
- bobthepanda 8y agoOr, we could have all social networks legally mandated to care about discrimination using the power of law and punitive fines. There's no reason to let the existing ones carry on as is. Historically black colleges were an alternative to colleges that discriminated, but that didn't make them a solution for discrimination in education.
- ryacko 8y agoYes, but minority businesses are a solution for a lack of minority leaders in business. There are articles mind you about how a lack of diversity in product testing meant that some recognition apps work better with some ethnicities than others, this may seem silly, but a minority owned company would be better able to serve minorities precisely because they understand the minority experience.