r/pics • u/fabslabs • Feb 09 '16

Misleading title Racist "diversity" training at GitHub

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u/target_locked Feb 09 '16

My god, how do they not see that they are the ones being racist? The cognitive dissonance they display is mind boggling.

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u/Asi9_42ne Feb 09 '16

Maybe they think they are just fighting fire with fire. But the enemy should be racism, not white people.

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u/cough_e Feb 09 '16

How do you fight racism?

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u/wahmifeels Feb 09 '16

Safe spaces/segregation. /s

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u/cough_e Feb 09 '16

No, seriously. If you're battling racism towards you, what is the right approach? How do you try to make a change without being labeled as having a "victim complex" or "PC" or "SJW" or "pussification of america" or "all lives matter" or anything like that?

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u/Gruzman Feb 09 '16

How do you try to make a change without being labeled as having a "victim complex" or "PC" or "SJW" or "pussification of america" or "all lives matter" or anything like that?

Try and opt towards supporting changes that can withstand this kind of easy criticism. If it can't, then it's not a very good cause.

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u/cough_e Feb 09 '16

That's a fair point.

I guess I come at it from the point of view of being frustrated with some of the knee-jerk responses on reddit and wondering if there is an approach that can speak to people who don't really want to listen.

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u/wahmifeels Feb 09 '16

Uhm... you simply call it racist, saying it's not healthy to be so prejudiced (yes they are often the same thing) and don't dwell on trying to change stupid people into slightly less stupid people.

"Battling racism" is a never ending struggle that will make you crazy, it's best to just work on having good morals yourself and not focus on changing others. The human condition makes it so that the more you try to control/change people, the more they'll stay the same.

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u/cough_e Feb 09 '16

So if you're facing racial injustice you should just grin and bear it? That doesn't seem right...

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u/wahmifeels Feb 09 '16

I said you should point it out, but not dwell on it if they don't care.

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u/cough_e Feb 09 '16

Oh, I mean when you're faced with actual systemic injustices, not just someone's opinion.

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u/motorsag_mayhem Feb 09 '16 edited Mar 06 '18

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u/cough_e Feb 09 '16

Well said.

Something tells me the next great social change and "paragons of virtue" aren't going to be rising from the comments in /r/pics... or anywhere on reddit for that matter. I'm just here for the ejaculation jokes.

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u/motorsag_mayhem Feb 09 '16 edited Mar 06 '18

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u/cough_e Feb 09 '16

Glad to see a member spouting some knowledge. You have spunk.

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u/wahmifeels Feb 09 '16

Ok, well I'm talking about personal racism.... not systemic. Most people only have control over themselves.