Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by lr4444lr on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @10:23AM
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You're eloquent, but I'm sorry - you lose me at "institutionalized racism". That's a very testable thing: find the policy, directive, or law that is racist and cite it. Don't throw out the term as a kind of pervasive but subtly intangible miasm that we have to expunge from our midst like Satan's influence on 16th century New England.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by jvdizzle on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:21PM
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It's also your responsibility to educate yourself. It's not like institutionalized racism is some "subtly intangible miasm". For an example, read up on African Americans and the G.I. Bill after WW2. Heck, the Civil Rights Bill was passed only a little over 50 years ago, after centuries of marginalization. If you want a more modern example, read up on studies of racism in the justice and education systems.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by lr4444lr on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @02:44PM
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Being "educated" about what happened historically is also acknowledging what's changed for the better. Pre 1964 I'd certainly agree institutional racism existed, because you could point to policy, directives, and laws that were used to actively discriminate. I challenge you to find that now in Google or any other U.S. company, educational institution, or government agency. The G.I. Bill issue is largely rooted in Disparate Impact, which continues to be a gray area.