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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by flippyhead on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @08:22AM (#23550498)
My personal strategy to avoid this is to just ask the person I think is least likely to be the CEO or whatever. If you are wrong, often the recipient feels flattered.
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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by dynamite-ready on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:06AM (#23550862)
Yes, but try doing that, when the CEO has a name that clearly matches their ethnicity.
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