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Pretending racial disparities doesn't exist (particularly in tech) doesn't do any favors either.

nitwit005 3y ago
Acting like race determines everything isn't exactly the healthiest strategy either. Ultimately we're discussing assuming someone is a racist because they said something negative about a person of a different race. That assumption is also a racial stereotype.
- cmrdporcupine 3y ago
  No, there's two levels to this. The dickishness/meanness of singling someone out by name in a public article on the Internet, which is what the comment here was primarily about. And then the second level, which the commenter deliberately downplayed as a minor second point (but people here jumped on it...) that said person is a minority, so it makes one extra-suspicious about motives. So I'm not sure where you got this "acting like race is about everything" point, because that wasn't in the comment.
  - marknutter 3y ago
    Let’s just never criticize anyone who isn’t white, and treat them like children. Racism is solved!
    - cmrdporcupine 3y ago
      What an amazing argument! So clever! You really got me there!
      - DangitBobby 3y ago
        Yes, they really did get you there. Things can be about things other than race, though you wouldn't be able to tell based on this comment thread.
        cmrdporcupine 3y ago
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    - biggc 3y ago
      It's pretty unusual to publically throw someone under the bus by name like this in a professional name. Given it's an unusual situation, people are reflecting on what makes this allegedly incompetent VP different from other incompetent VPs who aren't called out like this?
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mpalmer 3y ago
I'm not pretending anything like that. I assume good faith on the part of individuals (intentional word choice), because individuals are not systems or institutions and they really do tend to be decent and well-intentioned.
concordDance 3y ago
Do you mean racial disparities in hiring or in performance?

Acting like race determines everything isn't exactly the healthiest strategy either. Ultimately we're discussing assuming someone is a racist because they said something negative about a person of a different race. That assumption is also a racial stereotype.

cmrdporcupine 3y ago
No, there's two levels to this. The dickishness/meanness of singling someone out by name in a public article on the Internet, which is what the comment here was primarily about. And then the second level, which the commenter deliberately downplayed as a minor second point (but people here jumped on it...) that said person is a minority, so it makes one extra-suspicious about motives. So I'm not sure where you got this "acting like race is about everything" point, because that wasn't in the comment.
- marknutter 3y ago
  Let’s just never criticize anyone who isn’t white, and treat them like children. Racism is solved!
  - cmrdporcupine 3y ago
    What an amazing argument! So clever! You really got me there!
    - DangitBobby 3y ago
      Yes, they really did get you there. Things can be about things other than race, though you wouldn't be able to tell based on this comment thread.
      - cmrdporcupine 3y ago
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  - biggc 3y ago
    It's pretty unusual to publically throw someone under the bus by name like this in a professional name. Given it's an unusual situation, people are reflecting on what makes this allegedly incompetent VP different from other incompetent VPs who aren't called out like this?

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mpalmer 3y ago

I'm not pretending anything like that. I assume good faith on the part of individuals (intentional word choice), because individuals are not systems or institutions and they really do tend to be decent and well-intentioned.

concordDance 3y ago

Do you mean racial disparities in hiring or in performance?