azima

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by azima 8y ago
you mean like the dozens of tools out there used by corporation's to approve and manage tweets that their social media teams send out.
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by azima 9y ago
It's now disportionately impacting white people, and in the 80s-90s it was disproportionately impacting black people which the US govt and media used to paint a negative image. So now it's hitting closer to home, so it's gett
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by azima 11y ago
yup. and there are many well-funded startups that pivoted to buying/selling data from all the non-rocketships out there.
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by azima 11y ago
i think it's more that he already has way more money than he needs. And needs to inspire confidence with employees and show his commitment to creating a better Twitter. to him it doesn't mean much financially, but he's probab
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by azima 11y ago
i mean maybe, just maybe, they're sick of being called insane, and being discounted like you and OP
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by azima 11y ago
quotas lead to inclusion. and inclusion is what's important. inclusion includes being represented at conferences.
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by azima 11y ago
seems like you're jumping through mental gymnastics to discount being more inclusive. none of that applies when you're actively going out of your way to be more inclusive of POC.
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by azima 11y ago
Not considering it important is ignorance. Cheers
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by azima 11y ago
It wouldnt be tolerated if it was spoken outright. Unfortunately its pretty easy for a hiring manager to dismiss someone officially because of something on her resume or in the interview officially, while being sexist or racist, or just hav
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by azima 11y ago
Be inclusive and not just try to hit quotas.
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by azima 11y ago
You know that brown people went through this years ago as did asians? We had to fight to be apart of society. Now we have the privelege of being "model minorities" while others don't. She talks about being black because she
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by azima 11y ago
I read your post wrong before. It doesn't mean excluding black males. My other comment still applies.
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by azima 11y ago
They're talking specifically about someone competing with another person. There's no competition in this post, it's strictly about inclusion.
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by azima 11y ago
Not sure if sarcasm or not, but it's REALLY hard to understand wha ankther races experiences without listening and people who listen without being dismissive/judgemental are exceptionally rare.
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by azima 11y ago
Companies primarily hire out of networks/referrals. If your company is full of white guys, and their friends are very likely to be white guys, you end up hiring white guys.
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by azima 11y ago
Inclusion like in speaking at tech conferences for one...
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by azima 11y ago
To your last paragraph, that completely ignores intersectionalism in thag there isnt just 1 type of woman. There are many types of women and diversity efforts should be approached with that in mind. And sure if you want to hit diversity quo
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by azima 11y ago
Well that's one of the issues, because people like yourself have a quota/percentage mentality, instead of a inclusion/diversification/look at how much we can learn from eachother mentality. And like another person said,
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by azima 11y ago
Well yeah, she's obviously speaking from her position about something she sees and feels. Like most people, you're most aware of obstacles you face and less of others. She's fighting her fight. And obviously anyone reading
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by azima 11y ago
That applies too, but she's bringing attention to black women and directly speaking about how the tech industry is trying to fix the problem of women in tech and at the same time ignoring women of color. "solving" the problem
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by azima 11y ago
you're speaking from your experience which is fine and YMMV, but it's useful to listen to hers about how she feels. Discounting others' experiences doesn't help. She's talking about feeling excluded from tech as
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by azima 11y ago
no it isn't. she isn't competing with one person. she's bringing to attention that intersectionality exists and the tech industry isn't paying mind to it. quote from that link: "Oppression Olympics also tends to ign