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Nah I agree with OP The problem isn’t the deep history of discrimination. I consider that something that created a lot of growth. The problem is discriminatio

Nah I agree with OP The problem isn’t the deep history of discrimination. I consider that something that created a lot of growth. The problem is discrimination is natural and it is only fought with diversity but there is no such place that is truly diverse. I live in, by world standards, a diverse part of the LA metro area. Except there’s like no Black people. Now if I go to a more Black-dominated part of LA, there might not be Koreans. Now if I take the entirety of LA, it will have both Black people and Koreans and maybe you could call it diverse? Except there will be very few Nigerians or Kazakhstanis. The issue is that I cannot speak for Nigerians or Kazakhstanis however hard I try. It’s like an electrician who just read some books but has never worked with an actual electrician. My attempts to accommodate a group of people I don’t know will be completely fake. They will know I don’t know a single Nigerian or Kazakhstani. So when people try to be woke, it usually comes from that level of inexperience. It’s not real diversity. It’s that electrician trying their best but doing it all wrong.

specialist 3y ago
You're talking about something different than u/MSFT_Edging. > The issue is that I cannot speak for Nigerians or Kazakhstanis however hard I try. Yup. You demonstrate an awareness, a conscientiousness, that's too rare. I've been in gatherings (eg board meetings) where someone will presume to speak on behalf of others. While one of those others is sitting right there, trying to be heard. Not helpful. And super awkward. Which reminds me... That All Gas No Breaks guy did a terrific segment about those "antifa" & "BLM" protests in Portland Oregon. Standard in person interviews with a bunch of bored white kids just looking for a fight. Then the genius bit: No Breaks sought out blacks and asked them about the protests. He just let's them talk, in that great way that he does. Punchline: the blacks interviewed stated the belligerents a) were missing the point (to listen to black people) and b) were making it that much harder for blacks to be heard. Typical.

specialist 3y ago

You're talking about something different than u/MSFT_Edging. > The issue is that I cannot speak for Nigerians or Kazakhstanis however hard I try. Yup. You demonstrate an awareness, a conscientiousness, that's too rare. I've been in gatherings (eg board meetings) where someone will presume to speak on behalf of others. While one of those others is sitting right there, trying to be heard. Not helpful. And super awkward. Which reminds me... That All Gas No Breaks guy did a terrific segment about those "antifa" & "BLM" protests in Portland Oregon. Standard in person interviews with a bunch of bored white kids just looking for a fight. Then the genius bit: No Breaks sought out blacks and asked them about the protests. He just let's them talk, in that great way that he does. Punchline: the blacks interviewed stated the belligerents a) were missing the point (to listen to black people) and b) were making it that much harder for blacks to be heard. Typical.