John Sonmez

Truth, that's why I said it's hard to prove, unless you have lived with it and understand the subtleties... Like learning a foreign language vs growing up with it.

I’ve encountered direct racism where there was no question of it. I’ve been beaten up and called racial slurs. I don’t have to guess.

I mean, yeah, there is still that, but even that isn't as bad as the, kind where it's the double meanings, the you work here because we had to hire the token non white person, the looks like I'm gonna harm them just because I'm a black man, and we all see how the news portrays us

Unfortunately there is a active force today to promote division and racism in the news and popular media. Instead of finding common ground more and more people are being driven apart.

This is also true. I just think it would be less division, if everyone could admit its still there under the surface, then focus on how to truly get rid of it. Sweeping it under the rug and pretending it doesn't exist hasn't worked and will never work. We are all equally human.

The problem I have is that even though there is some racism, a lot of people who aren't racist at all get painted with that brush. I would rather look for the good in people and assume the best until proven otherwise rather than the other way around.

centuries long war, and frankly we're tired of passing it down to our offspring like some curse or fucked up legacy.

I get your frustration, but that's exactly the kind of thinking that creates division. No one is actively promoting racism or sexism in tech. But a lot of people are accused of it, because of the idea that if you are not with us you are against us. And the tactics being used to