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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by TeaDrunk on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @09:19AM (#23550999)
Arguably, no we haven’t been doing that for more than half a century now. There was a backlash after the initial push in the 1970s that clawed back a lot of gains and several places (Eg New York City) are still highly segregated in its schooling (and gotten more segregated over time).
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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by pdonis on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @10:48AM (#23552081)
> There was a backlash after the initial push in the 1970s

That doesn't mean we haven't been trying to fix racism for more than half a century. It just means the "fix" hasn't been working.

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Re:For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part o... by TeaDrunk on Wednesday June 17, 2020 @11:22AM (#23552512)
Fixing racism hasn’t garnered significant traction with significant capital support for a while. Additionally, I would argue that attempting a 50 fix for systems that are multiple centuries old (and have had that much time to work their way into every part of society) seems short sighted.
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