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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by churchillracist on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @06:05AM (#23549695)
Multiple of these incidents have happened to Sundar.

""What are you, press?," asked the Samsung representative. After being let in - Pichai was inquisitive about Samsung's new smart fridge. The profile reveals similar incidents happened multiple times over at CES."

"Even after looking at the name on his badge, the rep had no clue that this curious, friendly inquisitor was one of the most powerful people in technology. "

https://magazine.wharton.upenn.edu/issues/spring-summer-2020...

> It would have been impossible with racism and what not. It would have been impossible with racism and what not.

Please explain the reasoning of why it would have been "impossible".

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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by scrollaway on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:13AM (#23550934)
It sounds like a lot of these are just people being clueless who Sundar is, not necessarily biased to thinking "he's Indian, so he can't be one of the most powerful people in tech".

I don't know Sundar well enough to recognize him in the streets or at a press event if I haven't spoken to him first. Same goes for a lot of CEOs of various ethnicities.

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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by churchillracist on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:12AM (#23551613)
Is it normal to have someone you've never met pull your lanyard like that without asking for permission first?
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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by scrollaway on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:42AM (#23552001)
No, that guy just sounds like a dick. It doesn't matter where you're from.
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