Re:100 Days as a Black Man in Silicon Valley
by jklein11 on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @03:15PM
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Are you saying that PR is not a valid business concern? Investor's and Consumer's perception of a company is as relevant as the products quality. Don't you think that people would be more hesitant to do business with a company labeled as "racist" in the public's opinion?
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Re:100 Days as a Black Man in Silicon Valley
by yummyfajitas on Wednesday April 15, 2015 @04:23PM
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You've lost the thread. I'm originally responding to this:
...bringing in ideas that are different to what we have now...In the case of tech, that's women, ethnic minorities, LGBQT+, non-tech, etc.
I wasn't responding to this:
...bringing in people who are superficially different but think the same way in order to manipulate the media...
Obviously PR matters and I'm happy to let my company exploit my race for that purpose (though I probably wouldn't have taken the job if I thought that was a significant factor). But that's completely tangential to the original point.