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Re:‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase by eric_b on Friday November 27, 2020 @10:31PM (#25235016)
The general thesis of the diversity trainings I've attended is that white men believe they are superior to black men (sometimes consciously, sometimes subconsciously, depending on the fervor of the trainer). White men are racist just by existing - being part of the "white patriarchy" gives them a sense of entitlement and many advantages, whether they are aware or not. So let's say for the sake of argument all that is true...

Then why would a white man ever feel threatened by an angry black man expressing his opinion?

And anyways, what white person in 2020 complains to HR about an angry black man? And if they do, who listens? Get real.

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Re:‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase by joshuamorton on Saturday November 28, 2020 @12:58AM (#25235623)
Engaging with this as though it were made in good faith:

A white man might be threatened by a black man expressing their opinion for two reasons. First, the audacity of someone "inferior" daring to express their opinion assertively. That could be seen as threatening. Secondly (and probably more likely) the social conditioning that black people, but especially men, acting with anger are naturally dangerous. That is, someone may feel vastly more physically intimidated by a black man expressing the same opinion, with the same words, at the same volume level than a white woman.

Would a person complain to HR about that? Absolutely. Would HR respond? Depends on the company and the people.

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Re:‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase by tptacek on Friday November 27, 2020 @11:30PM (#25235281)
If you're just going to say "you're a liar", why waste so many words?
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Re:‘Tokenized’: Black Workers’ Struggles at Coinbase by triceratops on Saturday November 28, 2020 @03:15AM (#25236143)
> White men are racist just by existing

I've attended my share of diversity trainings but none of them taught me this. Maybe you just had shitty trainers?

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