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I am a member of a discriminated against minority in tech and I find this level of wokeness appalling. We will sometimes politically disagree with our co-worker
by cleandreams 5y ago
I am a member of a discriminated against minority in tech and I find this level of wokeness appalling. We will sometimes politically disagree with our co-workers and I don't want to have to argue with them. It's dreary and demoralizing. Most of the time there is no change in views as a result and frankly, it's not worth my time. That said, it's very problematic to go into this controversy because one of the senior management team said white supremacy does not exist. That is troubling because for employees who have been impacted by white supremacy, the amount of pain this obliviousness causes can be nearly unbearable. This exodus was a self-inflicted wound. It's a bad mistake to treat a topic which causes so much pain in this arrogant and dismissive way. So sorry Basecamp, but you really deserve the trouble you are in.
- thrownaway564 5y agoYou - "one of the senior management team said white supremacy does not exist" article - "he questioned the existence of white supremacy at the company" Not the same
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- MattRix 5y agoThe article contains multiple interpretations of what was said, including the one the parent comment used.
- JamesBarney 5y ago> Ryan Singer, had been suspended and placed under investigation after he questioned the existence of white supremacy at the company >“I objected to an employee’s statement that we live in a white supremacist culture. White supremacism exists, and America’s history of racism still presents terrible problems, but I don’t agree that we should label our entire culture with this ideology. From Ryan Singer.
- anm89 5y agoThe employee has made it abundantly clear through multiple channels that that the parent interpretation is not a belief he holds
- tshaddox 5y agoThe actual quote from the article: > “I strongly disagree we live in a white supremacist culture,” Singer said. “I don't believe in a lot of the framing around implicit bias. I think a lot of this is actually racist.” That looks much closer to "one of the senior management team said white supremacy does not exist" than "he questioned the existence of white supremacy at the company."
- aliyfarah 5y ago> I find this level of wokeness appalling. Calling out a senior staff member when they state 'white supremecy doesn't exist' is 'appalling'....yeah ok bud
- kspacewalk2 5y agoDoesn't exist at the company, not in general.
- JamesBarney 5y agoWhat sr. staff member believes white supremacy doesn't exist?
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