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> There are a few reasons why I think this happened to me. Being a young Black man in the tech field put me in a vulnerable position where different equals disp
by sgt 4y ago
> There are a few reasons why I think this happened to me. Being a young Black man in the tech field put me in a vulnerable position where different equals disposable. Maybe being privy to Rick's inherent lack of knowledge of the very thing he professed to be an expert on gave me some perceived leverage over him; thus, I was a threat to be eliminated.
He could have started with this. Such victim mentality.
- thornewolf 4y agoHow so? What I read here is "A possible explanation for this otherwise almost inexplicable behavior is the fact that I am a member of a group that has historically had widespread experiences exactly like this one" Every "successful" black person I know has experiences similar to this one. They are over performing along some axis at some point in their career, yet some senior inexplicably seems to dislike them. And I am not exaggerating when I say "every".
- sgt 4y agoIt can happen, but in most cases I simply don't buy it. It's way too easy to blame society for your own inadequacy.