To Be a Young Black Man Working in an Office Full of White People
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#2He wrote a rap song as part of his job intended for "Youth Across America." He was asked once if he would perform the song at a company dinner and he declined. His decline was accepted without question and was not brought up again.
I can certainly understand why the request could be interpreted as racist, but from my perspective that seems to be a bit of a strong interpretation to take.
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#3I don't understand why it's offensive to ask someone to recite a rap that he/she wrote? If someone else wrote it, would they not ask the other person to do the same?
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#4ehhhhhh seems a bit of a stretch. If you're looking for something, you'll see what you want even if it wasn't happening. The rule of 23.
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#5He wrote a rap song as part of his job intended for "Youth Across America." He was asked once if he would perform the song at a company dinner and he declined. His decline was accepted without question and was not brought up again. I can certainly understand why the request could be interpreted as racist, but from my perspective that seems to be a bit of a strong interpretation to take.
Exactly my first thought, it's because he wrote it, why would they ask someone who didn't write it to perform it?
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#6why was he fired?
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#7He also didn't mention the black women, asian women and men, latinos that work there. Just the white people. https://www.dosomething.org/us/about/our-team
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#8Garbage article, this isn't racism, this is a guy seeking attention.
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#9why was he fired?
Pretty convenient to not include that part...
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#10I'm a bit confused. I didn't read anything that was blatantly racist against him in the article.
His original boss hired for his position looking for someone that wouldn't challenge her -- this happens to everyone, and is very common. Is he saying that they thought he would suck because he was black? That's pushing it, knowing nothing of the interview process.
He was asked to rap, but that is a skill he had and apparently people knew about.
"To Be A Young Black Man Working In An Office Full of White People" -- ends up writing about everyday white man working experiences.