AT&T CEO, Randall Stephenson on "Black Lives Matter"

[Benjamin Sisko]

Y'all nikkas be mad at white folks for being silent then get mad when they do speak up. What type of fukkshyt?

You want to start @ing some nikkas pleighboy?

I got on Russell Westbrook, a brotha, for saying some similar shyt, because he's a rich man he could use some of his money to get some things moving instead of using some twitter-fingers like the rest of us.

 

[BaggerofTea]

honestly, i don't see the point of all this talking when it's really about action at the end of the day.

i just want to know if any of these white people that are saying "black lives matter", "stop killing black people" and etc are going to give up their white privilege, fight against the concept of race that for hundreds of years that has created "white people" and "black people" which enables white privilege, will protest for reparations for black people, fight against systematic discrimination in the workplace, educational system, be willing to speak and acknowledge the horrors of slavery, and basically be willing to share the same position as us black people in society. basically willing to help us out by doing things on their end to basically make things less difficult for us. even a poor white person is still white and as you already know, this society favors white people where they can get away with things that a black person would get demonized for just off of the idea that they MIGHT be something.

i DOUBT that most of these white people that are screaming that shyt are willing to prove it aside from talking, holding up picket signs and posting memes on facebook and other social media.

it seems like "black lives matter" seems to be more for white people where it's like "i am not racist" without them having to do shyt to show that they genuinely care.

Depend on white people to save you brehs

 

[Heelish]

to him for this.

 

[Pazzy]

Depend on white people to save you brehs

you completely missed my point.

you do realize that we black people can do so much in a system that is against them. we can support black owned banks, go to college and get our degrees, invest in our communities, not kill off each other and get our act right. a part of the problem is that we are basically supporting the same system that is basically bullshyt.

let's be real here.

the idea of race is bullshyt in itself. it's a social construct. there are no "white people" or "black people". the fact that we are basically living under something like that and want to uphold that principle that was created is cosigning the very same shyt that created the shyt that we are fighting against. we all need to be real with ourselves and toss it away. the only race is the human race.

 

[Dad]

Y'all nikkas be mad at white folks for being silent then get mad when they do speak up. What type of fukkshyt?

I think the outrage you're talking about are the whites that profit off of mimicking aspects of our culture, yet stay silent when it really matters. But let's keep it 100, we aren't on the edge of our seats waiting to hear what Harrison Ford has to say about black lives or any other white person for that matter.

 

[You Win Perfect]

you made a post recognizing a cac for showing empathy. Congrats to AT&T and its head honcho for showing that he has a heart.

I'm sorry but I'm just not into celebrating every time a cac does something in front of a crowd to elicit a response. I don't feel moved to tears for something someone should be doing.

I apologize for derailing your post though, breh.

i feel the same. i'm not celebrating any cac doing what should be done in the first place

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

I was there. It was a good speech. Old black ladies were in there clapping and yelling like they were in church too.

 

[Mr Hate Coffee]

How diverse is at and t? How much blacks working there.

Pretty diverse up and down the ranks. Part of the reason I felt comfortable going there.

honestly, i don't see the point of all this talking when it's really about action at the end of the day.

i just want to know if any of these white people that are saying "black lives matter", "stop killing black people" and etc are going to give up their white privilege, fight against the concept of race that for hundreds of years that has created "white people" and "black people" which enables white privilege, will protest for reparations for black people, fight against systematic discrimination in the workplace, educational system, be willing to speak and acknowledge the horrors of slavery, and basically be willing to share the same position as us black people in society. basically willing to help us out by doing things on their end to basically make things less difficult for us. even a poor white person is still white and as you already know, this society favors white people where they can get away with things that a black person would get demonized for just off of the idea that they MIGHT be something.

i DOUBT that most of these white people that are screaming that shyt are willing to prove it aside from talking, holding up picket signs and posting memes on facebook and other social media.

it seems like "black lives matter" seems to be more for white people where it's like "i am not racist" without them having to do shyt to show that they genuinely care.

Yall are missing the point. This is a powerful white man in charge of a company headquartered in TEXAS of all places. He's acknowledging that shyt is fukked up. HE DOES NOT HAVE TO DO THIS. The easy path is to stay silent. By speaking up he opens the door for everyone underneath him to feel comfortable in addressing the issues facing the country at work. We feel supported. Internally this is paying dividends already.

Some of yall Coli nikkas need to stop thinking everything has to be one way or another. This ideal world you think exists does not. This is progress and anyone hating on it is an idiot.

You should watch the whole speech. "Black people have been patient and they shouldn't be."

Damn you're right..

AT&T headquarters are in Dallas



*Countdown to Dallas PD Union declaring they will no longer respond to 911 calls at AT&T businesses..

Nah they good. They got a good relationship with Dallas PD and are active in the community. Part of the reason this is so big is that literally NO PERSON OR GROUP can do shyt to AT&T. They're way too big.

 

[Sauce Dab]

Some of y'all get upset at anything. Just and keep it moving. This isn't some happy for massa shyt. People are just happy everyone isn't a complete idiot and are aware of what's going on

 

[Alexander The Great]

I was there. It was a good speech. Old black ladies were in there clapping and yelling like they were in church too.

i worked for at&t for a few years. cool that you were there.

 

[VegasCAC]

I got the wokest phone service