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0 pointsjoshuamorton5y ago0 comments

I am suggesting that even if no other employees are marginalized, the marginalization of black employees is an issue that needs to be addressed.

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0xy5y ago

Why did you say that 11 employees of a single race reveal a "extensive pattern" of racism then? This seems to imply other POCs don't matter.

joshuamortonOP5y ago

Because an extensive pattern of racism against Black employees is still an extensive pattern of racism. Being an exceptional employer to Asian or White or Middle Eastern employees does not excuse an extensive pattern of racism against Black employees, and vice versa.

Like, I'm not sure how to clarify this further. Being racist against only a specific race or races is very much still racism (sort of by the definition, isn't it).

0xy5y ago

I don't think it's extensive because of the very low sample size, the fact we don't know about each instance and none of it has been corroborated.

I'm also uneasy about letting black people speak for other POCs on this issue. In my experience, racists tend to be racist towards multiple or all other races rather than a single one -- hence why you dismissing other POCs views on it doesn't make sense to me.

Less than 1% is not "extensive" by anyone's metric, either.

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0xy5y ago

Why did you say that 11 employees of a single race reveal a "extensive pattern" of racism then? This seems to imply other POCs don't matter.

joshuamortonOP5y ago

Like, I'm not sure how to clarify this further. Being racist against only a specific race or races is very much still racism (sort of by the definition, isn't it).

0xy5y ago

I don't think it's extensive because of the very low sample size, the fact we don't know about each instance and none of it has been corroborated.

Less than 1% is not "extensive" by anyone's metric, either.

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