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the most insidious version is the guys who under the guise of "just wanting to learn more" won't stop asking ppl with obvious grievances like "there exists racism in the united states against people who look like me" to explain themselves like oh my god lol shut the fuck up
also enjoy when someone brings up "why don't we hire more people from different backgrounds" and then you open the 40 message slack thread and it's just 8 white guys with cs degrees from cmu pondering this question at great length with absolutely no sense of irony
Idk man you're probably right but dismissiveness or disgust isn't the way to beat that. It's just not how discourse progresses. Lot of guys honestly clueless or actually, honestly, seriously, get this: have legit points.
this is true but also consider: how much times do you think i, or other ppl, can patiently & generously explain this shit (which i have! incl on this website) before it's just too much lmao. this discourse isn't new, if you wanna go be helpful & nice you are absolutely welcome
this is why many professionally experienced POC (particularly those whose daily, lived reality is not about observing / analyzing the bullshit but trying to survive it) deliberately leave corporate "diversity" slack channels it's become such a pattern that it's become a joke
new recent low point for me is when i lost my temper and said "go read some books"
in the spirit of *not that* – here's a fantastic guide that @amelielamont put together a while back, for your readership http://www.guidetoallyship.com/?utm_source=ameliedotis …
There are 2 types of white guys on this issue: 1) People who don't care and spend lots of time and energy convincing people they do 2) People who don't care and are up front with that If you think you know someone in some third group, you don't. Sorry
This is overtly racist?
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