Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by flukus on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:14AM
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The problem it that they're "punching up" against people that could very well have had their own challenges in life, some of which may be even grater than group doing the punching. Don't expect a white guy that grew up in a trailer park with alcoholic parents to feel like an upper class black woman is punching up to his privileged position in society.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by etchalon on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @01:10PM
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Yeah, that happens. It's near impossible for two strangers to know and take into account every perspective and challenge someone else has faced. And everyone's individual struggles feel enormous to them.
But still, people "punch up", and progress gets made.