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You don't solve problems (or racism) by ignoring them, and your experience as a white person in another majority white country is not particularly informative o

You don't solve problems (or racism) by ignoring them, and your experience as a white person in another majority white country is not particularly informative on the experience of a black person in a country with the history of systematic enslavement of, disenfranchisement of, and discrimination against black people. A head in the sand approach isn't workable. It was the black employees themselves who were most vocal in arguing that the company should address race issues head-on, e.g. during the George Floyd protests last summer.

cudgy 5y ago
Interesting. Can you name a country that does not have a history of systematic enslavement? Perhaps the commenter is living in a Slavic country where whites were enslaved?
- bradlys 5y ago
  Slavery is just one aspect. Almost no one in Slavic countries (afaik) complains about slavery affecting them to this day because - in all likelihood - probably somewhat difficult to tell who is descendant of slaves and who isn’t. Isn’t as difficult to tell in the US. And the policy that followed after the end of slavery wasn’t done to help those who had been slaves or were descendants of slaves… the policy tried to make them second or third rate citizens. So, the consequences of those things are still felt to this day and are very real. It’s why so many cities in the US are heavily segregated to this day. (Look at a racial dot map of Chicago)
  - cudgy 5y ago
    We are almost all descendants of slaves. The issue is not if … it’s when Your descendants were slaves. Not sure anyone can speak for all Slavic people. However, just because someone complains about something doesn’t mean it didn’t happen to others. Can you name a city in the world that doesn’t have some sort of racial, religious, economic or other form of segregation?
    - bradlys 5y ago
      This is really the "all lives matter" of slavery debates. I'm done with this nonsense.

cudgy 5y ago

Interesting. Can you name a country that does not have a history of systematic enslavement? Perhaps the commenter is living in a Slavic country where whites were enslaved?

bradlys 5y ago
Slavery is just one aspect. Almost no one in Slavic countries (afaik) complains about slavery affecting them to this day because - in all likelihood - probably somewhat difficult to tell who is descendant of slaves and who isn’t. Isn’t as difficult to tell in the US. And the policy that followed after the end of slavery wasn’t done to help those who had been slaves or were descendants of slaves… the policy tried to make them second or third rate citizens. So, the consequences of those things are still felt to this day and are very real. It’s why so many cities in the US are heavily segregated to this day. (Look at a racial dot map of Chicago)
- cudgy 5y ago
  We are almost all descendants of slaves. The issue is not if … it’s when Your descendants were slaves. Not sure anyone can speak for all Slavic people. However, just because someone complains about something doesn’t mean it didn’t happen to others. Can you name a city in the world that doesn’t have some sort of racial, religious, economic or other form of segregation?
  - bradlys 5y ago
    This is really the "all lives matter" of slavery debates. I'm done with this nonsense.