Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system
by int_19h on Tuesday March 01, 2022 @10:13PM
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It really isn't a common way to define it. The colloquial definition of racism is still racial prejudice, regardless of power. This is also the way it was used historically - both W.E.B. DuBois and MLK referred to "black racists", for example. It was redefined to "... + power" after the Civil Rights Era, but it didn't really catch up outside of the more academic social justice circles.
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Re:Trapped in Silicon Valley’s hidden caste system
by berdario on Wednesday March 02, 2022 @08:16AM
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About MLK, I presume you're referring to this quote:
"We must never substitute a doctrine of Black supremacy for white supremacy"
That's fair, but we're talking about ensuring that the interview process is not discriminatory. I.e. having some extra safeguards for marginalized people (safeguards which are not needed for those in power), a special process that you could maybe define akin to "positive discrimination" vs negative discrimination...
And MLK was totally in favour of that:
"society that has done something special against the Negro for hundreds of years must now do something special for the Negro."