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I thought so too, until I read the second (third?) article. Quite a few racist statements were made in the meeting itself and many employees mentioned that it w
by fallenfromgrace 5y ago
I thought so too, until I read the second (third?) article. Quite a few racist statements were made in the meeting itself and many employees mentioned that it was the meeting that convinced them to resign.
- eloff 5y agoLike what?
- fallenfromgrace 5y agoI was struck quite a bit by “I don't believe in a lot of the framing around implicit bias. I think a lot of this is actually racist.” The context it was said in made the statement rather jarring. I am all for their initial stance of "no politics" etc, but their all-hands was a face palm all around.
- eloff 5y agoI fully agree with that statement. A lot of the framing around implicit bias and white privilege is actually straight up generalizing about a group based on skin color. That's racist. This business that it's not racist if it's against white people is seriously wrong - and racist.
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- dudul 5y agoHow is this statement racist?
- jariel 5y agoThat statement is not jarring. Employees calling the organization 'White Supremacist' is the thing that should be 'jarring' or at least controversial. There are arguments to be made, sure, but the language is fairly extremist.
- somedangedname 5y agoIt's jarring because you're hearing an opinion that challenges a fundamental part of your world view.
- DiNovi 5y agolike saying white supremacy doesnt exist in the united states
- tomschlick 5y agoSinger clarifies in the later follow up to say he was referring to the people at Basecamp, not in reference to the whole country. > To which Singer responded: “I said we have different ways of framing … If you want to debate whether it exists anywhere, then yeah. But not here at this company, not with the people I associate with.” Edit: to add quote
- DiNovi 5y agoYes it is a common tactic to back away from an initial claim and pivot after people call you out, but he already let the genie out the bottle.
- tomschlick 5y agoIts also common to not to explain things you think are obvious when initially talking but when someone asks you about it you clarify your position.
- ashtonkem 5y agoHe also has every single motive to lie here.
- tomschlick 5y agoOr he just thinks that the whole situation is ridiculous because there is zero evidence that we have seen relating any of this to white supremacy. Instead, those allegations are just brought out by people on the left anytime they want as a cudgel to stop all debate on a topic.
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