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

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677 points saeedjabbar | 2 comments | 16 Jun 20 15:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.411s | 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. Pfhreak ◴[16 Jun 20 21:12 UTC] No.23544185[source]▶
It doesn't happen to me, so it doesn't exist is fallacious. (Or at the very least, anecdotal and not useful.)

There are plenty of things that have never happened to me, despite it being possible/probable that they should. In 20 years I've never been called for Jury duty. It's never, ever happened to me. Does that mean I should disregard the experiences of people who have experienced jury duty?

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2. api ◴[17 Jun 20 15:04 UTC] No.23552275[source]▶
That was what I meant, but re-reading I realize it wasn't clear in my comment whether or not I was agreeing with the parent.

I meant that I'm a white male founder and have experienced maybe 5% of the crap described in the article.