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Isn't it exactly what the author of the memo is saying though? People at his work had nothing to say about police brutality against black people, so of course

by dudul 7y ago

Isn't it exactly what the author of the memo is saying though? People at his work had nothing to say about police brutality against black people, so of course they were racist and supporting it.

JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
Nobody talks about the Stonewall riots at work, or how gays couldn't marry nationwide until years ago, but I don't assume they're anti-LGBT for failure to discuss these things.
- dudul 7y ago
  Did I talk about YOU? I'm talking about the author of the memo to give you a readily available example of a person who understands "not talking about <issue A>" as "passionately siding with <opposite side of issue A>". YOU are great apparently, but maybe other people did think that the persons not attending these LGBT sessions were indeed anti-LGBT. Just like the author of this memo.
  - JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
    The author thinks coworkers are bigoted for this reason: > Over the last 5 years I’ve heard co-workers spew hateful words about immigrants, boast unabashedly about gentrifying neighborhoods, mockingly imitate people who speak different languages, reject candidates of color without evidence because of ‘fit.’ Not for lack of attending some discussion sessions.
  - magduf 7y ago
    To be fair, I never accused the author of this (in fact, I'm one of those lazy people who frequently doesn't even read the article before jumping in and commenting). Instead, I was merely raising the question about how people who don't attend such activities are viewed at their workplace and if it might negatively affect their standing at work, because I've seen this with other activities.
- will4274 7y ago
  Sitting here in Seattle working for a tech company where we have a Stonewall riot poster in every kitchen...
dragonwriter 7y ago
> Isn't it exactly what the author of the memo is saying though? No, it doesn't seem that way to me. > People at his work had nothing to say about police brutality against black people, so of course they were racist and supporting it. No, I think he's saying that them having something to say about every news item imaginable except the one that resonated with him in that way (well, other than their dismissal of the protest) was alienating and distancing independent of what motivated it.
- weberc2 7y ago
  Maybe I misunderstood the article and the memo, but it felt very much like it was saying, “I have to deal with racists at work, like that time no one supported a political issue that I care a lot about”. Maybe it was more the article’s editorializing rather than the memo itself that gave this interpretation.

by dudul 7y ago

Isn't it exactly what the author of the memo is saying though? People at his work had nothing to say about police brutality against black people, so of course they were racist and supporting it.

JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago

Nobody talks about the Stonewall riots at work, or how gays couldn't marry nationwide until years ago, but I don't assume they're anti-LGBT for failure to discuss these things.

dudul 7y ago
Did I talk about YOU? I'm talking about the author of the memo to give you a readily available example of a person who understands "not talking about <issue A>" as "passionately siding with <opposite side of issue A>". YOU are great apparently, but maybe other people did think that the persons not attending these LGBT sessions were indeed anti-LGBT. Just like the author of this memo.
- JMTQp8lwXL 7y ago
  The author thinks coworkers are bigoted for this reason: > Over the last 5 years I’ve heard co-workers spew hateful words about immigrants, boast unabashedly about gentrifying neighborhoods, mockingly imitate people who speak different languages, reject candidates of color without evidence because of ‘fit.’ Not for lack of attending some discussion sessions.
- magduf 7y ago
  To be fair, I never accused the author of this (in fact, I'm one of those lazy people who frequently doesn't even read the article before jumping in and commenting). Instead, I was merely raising the question about how people who don't attend such activities are viewed at their workplace and if it might negatively affect their standing at work, because I've seen this with other activities.
will4274 7y ago
Sitting here in Seattle working for a tech company where we have a Stonewall riot poster in every kitchen...

dragonwriter 7y ago

> Isn't it exactly what the author of the memo is saying though? No, it doesn't seem that way to me. > People at his work had nothing to say about police brutality against black people, so of course they were racist and supporting it. No, I think he's saying that them having something to say about every news item imaginable except the one that resonated with him in that way (well, other than their dismissal of the protest) was alienating and distancing independent of what motivated it.

weberc2 7y ago
Maybe I misunderstood the article and the memo, but it felt very much like it was saying, “I have to deal with racists at work, like that time no one supported a political issue that I care a lot about”. Maybe it was more the article’s editorializing rather than the memo itself that gave this interpretation.