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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by eru on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @02:20AM (#23548364)
> I wish everyone could experience what it is to be a minority in some, any, aspect of their identity to the extent that it might provide them some empathy for others.

Being in a minority is not enough. I'm a 'minority' where I live, but nowhere near oppressed. Just the opposite as far as I can tell.

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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by js2 on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:16PM (#23588866)
You're right. It's way too late to edit my comment, but it's the sense of being excluded or being seen as less-than because of my Judaism. It's the knowing that Jews were and sometimes still are hated just because they are different. It's not just being a minority.
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