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Not EU (and I'm British so I'll stick to the UK), but: * Rishi Sunak is literally our Prime Minister. * Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London. * Wael Sawan, the
by dukeyukey 3y ago
Not EU (and I'm British so I'll stick to the UK), but:
* Rishi Sunak is literally our Prime Minister.
* Sadiq Khan is the Mayor of London.
* Wael Sawan, the CEO of Shell, the biggest UK company, is Lebanese.
* C. S. Venkatakrishnan is the CEO of Barclays, HQ'd in London and one of the worlds biggest banks.
* Johnny Boufarhat is the founder of Hopin, an online meetings platform that exploded during COVID. While it's in some trouble now and I'm not a fan, Johnny's parents are Lebanese and Syrian, although he's from Australia.
Seriously dude, this stuff isn't hard to find. What kind of warped vision do you have of Europe here?
- alephnerd 3y agoI've worked in the UK for decent stints of time. As a brown guy, I have definetly faced much more microaggressions and "do you belong here" type conversations in the UK than I ever have growing up and working in the US. Your comment is the equivalent of saying "Obama was president, blacks don't face racism anymore".
- dukeyukey 3y agoMy comment was a very specific answer to the line: > Name any major EU company led by a non-white person (although the UK is no longer in the EU) I meant nothing else other than answering that line. If anything, take it up with parent comment, someone who believes non-white people are incapable of running large companies in Europe.
- alephnerd 3y agoFair enough!