Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed' black people

Re:Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed... by untog on Thursday December 06, 2018 @10:33AM (#18618817)

Race, and racism, is everywhere (note: this does not mean "everyone is racist"). It's kind of absurd to say that it wouldn't be an issue if liberals stopped talking about it - I suspect if you did a survey of minorities they would very, very strongly disagree with that sentiment.

You may not see it, others may not see it, but that's why people talk about unconscious bias a lot. You're just not attuned to it. The posts in this thread alone should indicate to you that there are common experiences you aren't aware of.

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Re:Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed... by bmelton on Thursday December 06, 2018 @11:33AM (#18619477)

I agree that racism exists.

I agree that unconscious bias exists.

I agree that work needs to be done to smooth race relations and unconscious bias.

That said, I think it's worth considering whether constantly talking about race is doing the job of smoothing race relations, or alienating others to the cause.

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Re:Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed... by ThrowawayR2 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:10PM (#18623415)

> You're just not attuned to it.

"Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses." (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias)

If you look hard enough for anything, you will find it ... whether it's there or not.

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Re:Facebook removed post by ex-manager who said site 'failed... by untog on Thursday December 06, 2018 @06:47PM (#18623700)

Surely you can use that quote to dismiss absolutely everything? If you see it, it's confirmation bias. If you don't, it doesn't exist.

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