Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by alexnewman on Friday January 19, 2018 @10:44AM
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i’ve never found a country less racist than the us
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Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by tptacek on Friday January 19, 2018 @10:46AM
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There's probably something to this. I doubt we're the best. But the rest of the world, including Western Europe, is surprisingly racist, misogynistic, and homophobic. The wrong lesson to take from that would be, "so we should all chill out about racism". It's just as likely (I think more likely) that the lesson is: "the freak-outs are working".
Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by stephenhuey on Friday January 19, 2018 @10:55AM
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I agree with this, at least with the caveat that places that might do better tend to be much smaller. Friends from other countries who have tried to question why the U.S. seems to have so much trouble with this don't seem to be factoring in challenges from our diversity, history, and even the high level of freedom that citizens have to express themselves.
Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by jjeaff on Friday January 19, 2018 @11:03AM
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So you're saying you've never spent anytime outside the US unless it was at a vacation resort...
Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by alexnewman on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:46PM
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I've actually lived multiple years, in over a dozen countries... Certainly no resort times? Maybe you can provide evidence or our a counterexample instead of being full of snark
Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by kthejoker2 on Saturday January 20, 2018 @04:25AM
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Please share which countries you think are less racist.
Brazil, Thailand, UK, France, Poland, Mexico, Canada, and Egypt are right out from my own experience.
Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by alexnewman on Monday January 22, 2018 @12:30PM
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You think Canadians aren't harsh on the natives when compared to america. I have never heard such open racism. Egyptians not racist, tell that to my buddy who was just beaten for being white. France, I mean, your kidding right?
Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by kthejoker2 on Monday January 22, 2018 @06:36PM
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Uhh... I agree those countries are not less racist than America. Please reread my post.
Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by evangelista on Friday January 19, 2018 @10:58AM
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The only way to think like this is to have never left the US. Unfortunately, too many American grow up not having the exposure of how people speak in the rest of the world. Ever seen an entire soccer stadium erupt into monkey calls when a black player kicks a goal? You don’t know what a climate of racism is.
Americans think they are surrounded by racism, they have no idea what that actually means.
Re:Mike Moritz slams politically correct tech culture, prais...
by alexnewman on Friday January 19, 2018 @05:47PM
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I agree with your example but am pretty sure you got me backwards