The root cause is the slow death of individualism and rise of group identity. I read the whole memo and couldn't see how race was relevant in any of this (apar

The root cause is the slow death of individualism and rise of group identity. I read the whole memo and couldn't see how race was relevant in any of this (apart perhaps for the short "but as my time at Google continued" paragraph towards the end). Had Eric Garner been of a different skin color, the coworker likely would have made similar remarks regarding the protests annoying her. People tend to be less concerned with issues that don't affect them directly and my guess is that few Google employees have ever directly witnessed or experienced police brutality. If anyone in this story is racist, I'd argue it's the author of the memo. He identifies with Eric Garner simply because they look physically similar. He distrusts and lies to his colleagues because they don't share his skin color. He is concerned for his "black students" rather than his "students". I truly believe we would all be better off if individualism and color blindness made a come back.