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Re:The internet has made defensive writers of us all by erichmond on Thursday January 07, 2016 @01:36PM (#10859775)
Sadly, if you live in the states, you are likely correct to feel that way. I haven't had many racial incidents in the tech workplace, but I have had enough to understand that it definitely could be held against you in the long term.
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Re:The internet has made defensive writers of us all by kelukelugames on Thursday January 07, 2016 @01:47PM (#10859834)
I wrote a few sentences about gender equality at my last job for the company blog. Some people didn't like it so they escalated it to the CTO without contacting me. As a result, the editor who approved my piece was super stressed and apologetic. She quit a few months later. I wasn't surprised.

They wanted me to add the word "more" to the title of the second point. Which makes sense, but that's literally a one minute conversation. My boss was like "Sorry for going behind your back. I didn't realize you were going to find out."

https://www.redfin.com/blog/2014/10/why-i-work-at-redfin-kev...

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Re:The internet has made defensive writers of us all by delecti on Thursday January 07, 2016 @02:25PM (#10860084)
> Sorry for going behind your back. I didn't realize you were going to find out

So really "Sorry you found out I went behind your back".

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Re:The internet has made defensive writers of us all by kelukelugames on Thursday January 07, 2016 @02:42PM (#10860192)
To be fair, I understand where they are coming from. It's an reaction all marginalized groups share. My version is when white authors write about PoC issues. But I voice my complaints by tweeting at them. ;)
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