For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part of doing business

Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by itronitron on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @06:14PM (#23544953)

Well, there are people that are racist. They are easy to spot because they make no apology about that. There is also systemic, or institutionalized, racism and the current state of law enforcement in the US is a prime example of that. What is interesting is how the systemic racism bleeds into everyone else's minds to form or reinforce their biases. If we can eliminate systemic/institutionalized racism then I would expect that most people's personal biases will eventually disappear.

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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by somethoughts on Tuesday June 16, 2020 @07:03PM (#23545412)

Yes definitely there is a group of people who are outright racist in the typically defined sense. And the group which can self-identify as racist is probably very small (unfortunately).

The group which can self-identify as biased is probably much larger (fortunately?). The challenge is that by naming/labeling the big discussion systemic racism, its possible for a much larger (and perhaps more influential) group of people to blissfully ignore the big discussion being had about both systemic racism and systemic implicit bias - the latter of which to a certain extent the original article seems to be about.

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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @08:00AM (#23550361)

>a group of people who are outright racist //

That group is perhaps ironically the most racial diverse group one could conceive.

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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by pnako on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:59AM (#23551442)

"Xenophobes of all countries, unite!"

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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by marliechiller on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @06:26AM (#23549817)

I implore you to listen to this recent podcast on the matter of systemic police racism in the US. The statistics simply dont back up your claim https://samharris.org/podcasts/207-can-pull-back-brink/

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