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> Should corporations be accountable to society in some way, or do we trust them to "do the right thing"? This strawman. you jumping to big conclusion by askin
by birdymcbird 4y ago
> Should corporations be accountable to society in some way, or do we trust them to "do the right thing"?
This strawman. you jumping to big conclusion by asking aggressive question.
im minority person. dei things me saw at big tech massive grift. usually run by people without real skill..people who simply there for crusade if they personal social beliefs.
in one org person responsible for daily long email on trans issues. not single trans person on team or on org. so let maybe discuss ukraine..libya..palestine?
at another big tech company..small army of engineers to scan entire company code base and flag word like “whitelist”. Highly paid engineer and managers $300k+ comp to change “whitelist” to “allowlist”
Me minority. none of this nonsense helpful. it actually insult. most stuff corporate entitlement program to create fake job for people without useful skill. pandering to often white people with savior complex who seem to hate other white people.
- ptudan 4y agoSomethings are definitely stupid, but I don't really see what's bad about changing whitelist. White = good and black = bad is a weird concept that when using an American lens, is hard not to see implied racism. Plus, allowlist and denylist is simply easier to understand. I agree that if your entire job is coming up with this kind of stuff, that's a bit ridiculous. But I don't really see anything wrong with a few engineers spending a few hours a month to push company discourse in a more egalitarian direction.
- kneebonian 4y agoActually listened to an interesting lecture on the ancient far east. The White = good and black = bad had originated from the people of the Levant originally, and I mean a long time ago, like before 600BC long ago.
- ptudan 4y agoI don't deny that there's historical things to be said about light being good and darkness being bad. That definitely has nothing to do with racism. I have nothing against yin and yang etc But modern America has a modern lens, not a 600BC lens. Why ignore that?