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Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by _nhynes on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:44PM (#20718265)
> none of the available counselors were African American

Respectfully, are you sure you didn’t mean “Black?” “African American” doesn’t accurately capture e.g., Caribbean and Latin American identities.

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Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by ASinclair on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:57PM (#20718430)
Maybe Black is a better choice in this case? Sorry, I'm a bit ignorant as to the precise nuances of identity that this person felt were important here.
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Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by _nhynes on Friday August 16, 2019 @03:42PM (#20718942)
Sorry I didn’t mean to phrase it as directed at you. It was supposed to be a general statement with context. I suppose I could also do to watch my own language :)
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Re:Google Employee Writes Memo About ‘The Burden of Being Bl... by cellularmitosis on Friday August 16, 2019 @02:57PM (#20718427)
The specific issues the OP referenced were police brutality in the US against blacks, so I would assume he specifically meant African American.
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