johnathanNYC

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by johnathanNYC 10y ago
I too saw your talk at startup school, wish I had the opportunity to speak to you both personally; but I'm glad you all are here answering questions. I found some of the examples given on how to solve the chicken and egg issue very int
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by johnathanNYC 10y ago
Awesome! Thanks for creating this, heading over now.
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by johnathanNYC 11y ago
You've completely missed the point and it also seems your view of the world is very different than it actually is. How do you propose YC approach an issue like this, in a country filled with racism and discrimination? Is your idea real
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by johnathanNYC 11y ago
This was incredibly hard to read, but you are correct in one thing, it is not racism. It's Institutional racism, which is any system of inequality based on race.
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by johnathanNYC 11y ago
I'm just simply asking whats the cause of the poor treatment? If you are able to assert that it is not due to white privilege and know if someone is off-base, then I'm assuming you know that cause to make such an assertion. That&#
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by johnathanNYC 11y ago
Then whats the cause of the poor treatment?
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by johnathanNYC 11y ago
I completely disagree with this, but can you elaborate on racism not being in policy. I think you are confusing systemic racism (in regards to white privilege) with slurs, discrimination, hating someone's skin color, etc.
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by johnathanNYC 11y ago
At a high level; wealth, education and jobs which is easily afforded due to 400 years of slavery, 100 years of blatant discrimination and 50+ years discrimination built into the American Justice System. White Americans also do not have to w
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by johnathanNYC 11y ago
As someone who is both (afro-latino), I'm really excited about this. After reading the majority of the comments, I'm a little disappointed. It seems that many do not understand that being white and male in the United States, by de