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what is racism? To me giving someone a benefit due to their skin color is racist. Affirmative action is racist in nature. A good test is to replace the race w
by baskire 6y ago
what is racism? To me giving someone a benefit due to their skin color is racist.
Affirmative action is racist in nature.
A good test is to replace the race with “white European”. And if the statement offends it’s racist.
- skitout 6y agoDo we agree that current VC, mostly because of unconscious bias, are racist and sexist ? Then what do you suggest to change this situation ? I am not super comfortable with counsious positive discrimination as a momentary tool to correct a discriminatory situation (with negative impact on the whole society), but it is hard to imagine solutions without using this tool.
- baskire 6y agoMy belief comes from personal experience. That social mobility is alive and well but can take multiple generations. There’s Plenty of VCs who came from poverty, who’s parents came from poverty, or who’s grandparents came from poverty. When looking at that Kind of timescale from 1920s till now, I don’t believe the system has had enough time. Civil rights, racial rights, and gender rights are relatively new concepts. My belief is over the next 30-50 years the forces of market capitalism will address the issue.
- skitout 6y agoSo to you this is not a problem that VC and investors discriminate negatively people based on their gender of race ?