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It was no different in the workplace culture. Senior colleagues bullied and screamed at young women, causing them to cry at their desks. At an all-hands meeting
by sriram_sun 7y ago
It was no different in the workplace culture. Senior colleagues bullied and screamed at young women, causing them to cry at their desks. At an all-hands meeting, my boss said, “Now you Asians come to the microphone too. I know you don’t like to ask questions.” At a different all-hands meeting, the entire policy team was separated into various rooms and told to participate in a “diversity exercise” that placed me in a group labeled “homos” while participants shouted out stereotypes such as “effeminate” and “promiscuous.” Colleagues of color were forced to join groups called “Asians” and “Brown people” in other rooms nearby.
What is this? I have worked in the valley in smaller companies, but this (the diversity exercises) takes the cake. Was there some context to this that is missing? Can anyone who participated throw more light?
- olalonde 7y agoThat tops Michael Scott's Diversity Day. Life is stranger than fiction...
- atom_enger 7y agoThis exact scene played out in my mind as I was reading the article. Couldn't believe what I was reading and here I was wondering if the show would age well..
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- derivagral 7y agoComment from a prior discussion around this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21935706 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21935706
- dx87 7y agoThe last time this was posted, someone found that it's an exercise based on a university study designed to address common stereotypes. The publishers of the study only tested it in an academic setting with students, though, and recommended that it not be done without a trained professional to guide the discussion. Google basically cargo-culted the experiment and assumed it would work in a corporate setting without the trained professionals.
- ap102222 7y agoI don't think they assumed it would work. Humiliating tech employees (or "resources" for sociopaths) is a popular sport for the slave drivers in any corporation. They enjoy it and unfortunately many introvert people fall for it every time. Remember folks, participating in something ridiculous in order to humiliate and test people's subservience is one of the cornerstones of any self-respecting cult.
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- harryh 7y agoThe whole thing sounds just so ridiculous that I kind wonder if we're getting the true story here. Isn't it at least possible that something has gotten distorted along the way?