if i worked for a company based anywhere, i'd have to learn the nuances of racial politics for my own survival. should that be any different for someone who isn't black?
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It’s important. We had a designer on our team who grew up in Europe who apparently knew nothing about racism in America: he was all excited about having a t-shirt printed with the word “Redlined” with the Microsoft logo on the sleeve. He sent comps for us to critique.
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Regarding the person from Fiji, I didn't see it as being about nuances- he went off about "what Blacks need to do" as if he's got the answers. An analogy that comes to mind as an American is Muslims in Europe-it would be obvious to me it's not my place to jump in and lecture them
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I think they clearly f- up by allowing comments. But I do wonder for non-American employees, should we just assume they'll get it or is it incumbent upon an employer with more resources to provide some history and context?
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Everyone gets racism ... no society in the world is immune, unfortunately.
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also, in the large tech company workforces, many of the employees have only been in the US for a year or two. their politics and beliefs around race can be quite different. especially for people from China and Eastern Europe
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I think if a company has to drastically change their approach to culture and hiring in another country that they operate in to meet local labor laws maybe they should take that lesson home to the US instead of projecting their failure abroad.
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Anti-blackness is global, and the need to confront it is global as well. I don't think the comment from Fiji, eg, has anything to do with local nuance given that it sounds exactly like a lot of white american moderates.
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If you make really clear in the beginning of hiring that a racially diverse workforce where everyone is treated with dignity is a priority - folks will self-select out or be screened out. I do think there are ways to make that accessible for a global workforce.
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I think about this a lot, as someone who recently moved to the US. Most non-Americans don't have any context on the history of race & injustice in the US Companies that hire abroad should educate those employees about this, just as much as any other company culture or values
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