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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: 0.2s | source
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cycomanic ◴[17 Jun 20 05:02 UTC] No.23547993[source]▶
This is somewhat tangential to the article, but I've written about this previously. I think a big first step would be to stop talking about race for different skin colours.

I'm always surprised that "race" is so commonly adopted in conversations even by campaigners against racism, as a European I always cringe. The term implies a genetic difference where there isn't any and thus contributes to systematic racism/discrimination IMO, words do matter.

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1. read_if_gay_ ◴[17 Jun 20 06:54 UTC] No.23548549[source]▶
Well, there’s at least gotta be the genetic difference that makes black people’s skin black, or Asian people’s eyes narrower. For a biologist, it probably makes sense. In common situations though I agree race is kind of a “strong word” to describe this. How do you avoid it?