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> Funny, as a conservative minority in a straight white liberal company, What is a "straight white" liberal company? Are you saying you've asked all your cowor
by pcthrowaway 6y ago
> Funny, as a conservative minority in a straight white liberal company,
What is a "straight white" liberal company? Are you saying you've asked all your coworkers their sexual orientation, or are you making assumptions based on heteronormativity. Dating people of the opposite gender doesn't necessarily make one straight.
As a not-entirely-straight man in tech, I have never discussed my degree of "straightness" at work, but I would be a bit taken aback by someone assuming this.
- randomsearch 6y agoThis sort of over-reaction to throwaway comments is a big part of the problem. Take the most generous interpretation - maybe they just mean "a company where I am in the minority politically", that's all you need to take to follow the point. Stop being the language police or we'll never make any progress. Tolerance, generosity, always assume the best of someone.
- random5634 6y agoGood lord. Straight white could simply meant mostly white or mostly straight and white