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For black CEOs in Silicon Valley, humiliation is a part of doing business

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677 points saeedjabbar | 1 comments | 16 Jun 20 15:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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blueadept111[dead post] ◴[16 Jun 20 16:22 UTC] No.23540979[source]▶
wow, it sure is fashionable these days to point your finger and call people racist. Had a rough day? Been confused with someone else? racism.
api ◴[16 Jun 20 16:28 UTC] No.23541040[source]▶
> Guest after guest walked past the pair of executives to greet their White employee, offer their congratulations and ask how he got the idea for the product.

This sort of thing has never, ever happened to me. Nobody has ever suggested that I hire a wingman of a different ethnicity or gender or anything similarly asinine either.

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1. commandlinefan ◴[16 Jun 20 20:54 UTC] No.23543963[source]▶
> This sort of thing has never, ever happened to me

Hm - I have had people look past me to talk to my Indian co-workers when asking technical questions: they just assume the Indian guy is the technical one and the white guy is the business manager.