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While I don't agree with your "this isn't real racism" premise, I agree that the dysfunctions probably run deeper than that. I'm reminded of Bob Sutton's great

• 23david 14y ago
  Thanks for the reference to Bob Sutton. I hadn't heard of his book before, and after some research I dug up some great info and articles. http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/the_no_asshole_rule/ http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/the_no_asshole_rule/ http://blogs.hbr.org/sutton/2007/03/why_i_wrote_the_no_asshole_rule.html http://blogs.hbr.org/sutton/2007/03/why_i_wrote_the_no_assho... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-sutton/the-no-asshole-rule-part-_b_49678.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-sutton/the-no-asshole-r... The Kixeye CEO may have not intended to let things go this far, but from his remarks ( part 1: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jgntgj http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jgntgj, part 2: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jh72ja http://www.twitlonger.com/show/jh72ja ) he shows a stunning lack of empathy. One big red flag for me was how he doesn't say how he is planning to make amends with the black contractor and the black community. So it's pretty clear to me that Will Harbin is part of the problem here, and likely is an asshole himself. The company's investors and leaders should take this as a wake-up call and either demote or fire him. They won't reach their potential with 'asshole leadership' in place. A fish rots from the head down.