Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl...
by TheOtherHobbes on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:42PM
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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?
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?