Google removes its head of diversity after 2007 blog post surfaces

Post by [deleted] » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 6:03 PM UTC

chevill wrote: post #408

davemel37 wrote: post #271

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"people should stop using accusations of bigotry as a weapon to silence people" Huh? Are you seriously calling someones words who feels victimized, a weapon? Are you seriously holding fear of actual violence to an unsubstantiated standard? "If you want to call someone a bigot, its pretty important to make sure you are right about it." Please show me one other form of bigotry accusation you hold to the same standard.…

>Huh? Are you seriously calling someones words who feels victimized, a weapon? Are you seriously holding fear of actual violence to an unsubstantiated standard? The idea of figuratively describing something as a weapon isn't new or unusual. I'm not even sure what you mean by the second sentence. I was talking about people defaulting to claims of bigotry at any sign of criticism. If every criticism of Israel, even leg…

Post by Macha » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

myfavoritedog wrote: post #685

Macha wrote: post #439

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China vs the Uighurs and Tibetans? India vs Pakistanis? Pakistan vs Indians? Russia vs Chechnya? Spain vs the Basque people? Canada in the 80s vs native people (we had an article just the other day)? The US vs black people? Plenty of countries get criticised for their treatment of minorities when they do something wrong.

You're making my point. China is literally wiping out the Uighurs. There's no hair-splitting or propagandizing about it. They're committing actual genocide. But besides a few mentions here and there, the international community is doing nothing about it. If it were at all proportional, the stories and condemnation should be in the news every day. But instead, we see more media coverage in a single day of Israel's cou…

Post by fighterpilot » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

metalliqaz wrote: post #310

agentofoblivion wrote: post #40

Only the purest of the pure can lead a diversity effort. And it doesn’t count unless you were pure from the beginning. Growing to overcome past problems is not sufficient.

if you hang around long enough, you can watch the woke eat the woke. what is "pure" changes, and some who have delighted in getting scalps in the past will have theirs taken by someone else once the goalposts change. i'm thinking there is a decent chance trans-racialism will eventually become woke

Post by bryanrasmussen » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 6:09 PM UTC

FridayoLeary wrote: post #710

andrei_says_ wrote: post #547

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“If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.” And hey, great news, now we have every line written by every man, woman and child automatically captured and archived forever in an easy to search dossier. Someone who wrote a racist or anti-Semitic comment in 2007 could have evolved to deeper understanding and to a more compassionate worldview…

>Someone who wrote a racist or anti-Semitic comment in 2007 could have evolved to deeper understanding Perhaps but i don't feel they deserve the benefit of the doubt.

Post by FridayoLeary » Thu, Jun 03, 2021, 6:12 PM UTC

Dah00n wrote: post #117

donatj wrote: post #55

What I have learned in recent years is how shockingly accepting of antisemitism people apparently are on both sides of aisle. Growing up in a prominently Jewish neighborhood in Minnesota I never really encountered it until maybe ten years ago. The fact that he was just shifted rather than fired in this political environment speaks volumes.

How so? The norm in human society is to accept that people can grow and learn with time. The fact someone can be fired or shifted because of something like this said 14 years ago speaks volumes of the power of cancel culture and says nothing about antisemitism.