One honest question I have about this story is -- what do you do with regard to employees abroad? How much is it on them to understand the nuances of racial politics in a totally different country? (The US-based employee comments seem inexcusable though.)https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/4/21279739/linkedin-employees-racist-comments-george-floyd-protest …
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Replying to @kimmaicutler
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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Replying to @EricaJoy @kimmaicutler
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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Me and another senior designer, both American, enlightened him. It was equally appalling and awkward. Go ahead, print your t-shirt, clueless, tone deaf 20-something. But don’t be surprised if you’re fired for it, an actor playing you in the next HR what-not-to-do video.
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There's definitely part of this question that is coming from a place of having grown up in a first-generation immigrant community. There are so many pieces of American culture that parents & families around me just didn't understand.
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and even three+ decades onward, it's the second-generation children who are taking on the responsibility of educating parents on how to talk about and interface with these issues.
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So for international teams and recent immigrants, from a practical perspective, it does take a lot of hand-holding to explain what would otherwise seem like really basic, obvious concepts.
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