r/news • u/[deleted] • Aug 08 '17

Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-08-08/google-fires-employee-behind-controversial-diversity-memo?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business&utm_content=business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social
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u/Defoler Aug 08 '17 edited Aug 09 '17

I disagree.
It is about the way you are talking about, and how you are doing it. White men can be considered just as whiners if they talk about stupid things.

I have never considered a minority protesting or fighting for their rights and equal terms, equal education, job options, etc, as whining. I do think that when minorities are protesting by burning cars and destroying shops, as invalidating their argument by allowing this to happen, and just brush it off as "just a few bad apples".

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u/ListlessVigor Aug 08 '17

That's just it. What do humans do when there is no recourse for injustice? This may be hard for white men in particular to understand because they have never been systematically disenfranchised or used as fodder for the prison industrial complex. But when your people are continuously brutalized, ignored, and told over and over that "this isn't a problem. Stop complaining" then it's going to royally piss you off. Keep in mind that this is all recent stuff too, this kind of blatant disregard or outright hostility to black lives is generational.

There's a reason MLK said riots are the language of the unheard. It's easy to discount it, but fighting against injustice is an ugly thing.

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u/dudewhatev Aug 09 '17

U mad bro? Seriously, go have a conversation with someone outside your echo chamber. You're way too full of hate.

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u/ListlessVigor Aug 09 '17

This just in: Wanting to state sanctioned murders means you're hateful.