Re:Google HR 'suggested medical leave' for racism victims
by marcus_holmes on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @06:08AM
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Or that black people are uncommon in the region that they were in and therefore not encountered often.
Having "10 black people in my town of 30,000 people" is not a failure of any system.
Re:Google HR 'suggested medical leave' for racism victims
by that_guy_iain on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @07:07AM
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Yea, Scotland is something like 98% white. I literally never met a black person until I was 17. We had lots of Asians and Indians but not black people.
Re:Google HR 'suggested medical leave' for racism victims
by marcus_holmes on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @08:13AM
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I grew up around Bristol, but didn't meet a black person until 6th-form college.
She was a classmate and we hung out a bit. I bothered her with sooo many questions. I think today it would probably be unacceptable, but this was the 80's so a different age. And I was so curious about what being black was like (and no internet to satisfy that curiosity without asking an actual black person).
Re:Google HR 'suggested medical leave' for racism victims
by zpeti on Tuesday March 09, 2021 @06:07AM
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He just said he’s from a town of 30k people with 10 blacks. How exactly is assuming someone you talk to is from the 99.9% majority not normal?
Of course this is the perfect example of our society today, where if you try and see racism sexism everywhere, you’ll see it. Even if it’s not actually there
It's the same as being surprised that the CEO of a large company is a woman. That in itself is not sexist but shows that something's wrong with society.