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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: 0.22s | source
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JumpCrisscross ◴[16 Jun 20 21:10 UTC] No.23544162[source]▶
Stylistic question. I noticed Black and White capitalized in this article. Is that an emerging convention?
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1. sixstringtheory ◴[16 Jun 20 22:31 UTC] No.23545100[source]▶
FWIW, there is "capital D" Deaf and "little d" deaf. This article provides some interesting discussion [0].

I'm not claiming to be an expert in either area, and I don't mean to draw parallels between them. I think it just speaks to how complicated identity is for humans, not to even begin to mention empathy.

[0]: https://www.deafax.org/single-post/2016/06/08/What-are-big-D...