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Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by bluntfang on Friday August 16, 2019 @01:12PM (#20717205)
>This person and many like them are just completely self-centered.

I would agree if this were a unique experience, but this is a mentality held by a large section of the population. It is systemic.

Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by TheOtherHobbes on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:42PM (#20718241)
It is systemic, and the promotion of identity activism at the expense of economic activism has done a lot to cause it.

Realistically, "corporate diversity" usually means "we have diverse kinds of privileged middle class people in our offices."

E.g. a female CEO is considered a necessary diversity win, but generally no one cares if the food servers and cleaners - most of whom usually happen to be female too - are treated with respect and decency.

Does Google - or any other FANG - actively and practically support anti-poverty activism and awareness to anything like the same extent they support a relatively safe form of activism like LGBT pride?

Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by pjmorris on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:17PM (#20717938)
Is there a society in the world where self-centeredness is not common? What do you mean by systemic?
Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by kiliantics on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:54PM (#20718382)
Yes, you don't see people with this attitude towards the HK protest. There is a completely different standard when it comes to issues of race in the US.