Black Google Engineer "Google hires the whitest black candidates"

[CreepyMcCreeperson]

Black people are gainfully employed.

 

[Deuterion]

She will regret that statement. I wonder how her black colleagues at Google feel about it seeing they know what she thinks of them now. It's hard enough dealing with white racism in the workplace and on top of that you gotta deal with blackness test from your own kind. I will never question or talk down on a black person who excels in a white space until they give me a reason. Cause we all know the saying.. you gotta work 2x as hard to get half the credit. Everyone didnt c00n their way to the top.

And looking at her pic she barely qualifies as black herself. A light brite or mixed chick that can pass as other than black dictating blackness doesnt sit right with me. Black when convenient ain't the same black experience.

This is less about Blackness and more about African-Americaness and since you’re the Nigerian wonder you don’t really have a place to speak on it with any authority.

Let's keep it 100.

A black nerd
A black goth
A black geek
A black outgoing person(specifically if he or she outgoing enough for white people to like him/her)
A black liberal
A black conservative

these are all folks people on this very forum would consider "White-washed"

They are only considered White washed when they do not relate to African-American culture. Like when you listen to Paramore but don’t know about Frankie Beverly and Maze - Before I Let Go or Earth Wind and Fire - Let’s Groove Tonight. I was a Black nerd but Black people generally never questioned my Blackness...did it happen, yes. But it always the dumbest non-factor ass nikkas who did it and I won’t take their opinions and apply it as the sentiment of all African-Americans.

Sharp in wisdom Deep in experience

To add to your stellar points what they’re REALLY gunning for our nikkax who they don’t have to hide the statements with heavy racial overtones, bigoted jokes and the occasional “You’re one of the good ones”

Basically crackers want nikkax they can get loose around without resistance

Thanks bruh. So in summation, they don’t want any “Malcolm X’s” in the office.

This is stupid.

In refrence to all the different types of white people you say are accepted, do you think this article is complaining about a lack of

The black goth
The black nerd
The black vegan
The black liberal
The black geek
The black recluse?

No...because thats exactly the "whitest black people" the article is complaining about.

Hilarious that folks act like they advocating for a variety of personality types of blackness to be accepted, then call all of said personality types whitewashed or c00ns. Obviously it isnt the diversity you want if the person isn't a emodiment of stereotypes. Thats why the article dances around her describing the type of black person she wants there

Nah we're just having another " real nikka" vs [whatever you want to call it] nikka"

Yall too old for the high school clown shyt

You’re making a ton of assumptions about the claims made in the article and about my post. I basically said...corporations accept White diversity but not African-American diversity.

American corporations typically hold Anglo Saxon Protestant customs and values as the archetype of professional culture hence why anyone who embodies African-American culture is looked at as not professional.

- Is your name Terquasia? NOT PROFESSIONAL.
- Do you wear corn rows? NOT PROFESSIONAL.
- Do you say “man they trippin’” instead of “I think there is confusion amongst that group of individuals”. NOT PROFESSIONAL.

I gave someone dap at work and some White VP went to HR about me because he said he didn’t understand what me and the other Black person did. That’s because anything that deviates from Anglo Saxon culture is deemed unprofessional and unacceptable.

All this other stuff you’re talking about is baggage you have. Being Nerdy or Gothic doesn’t mean you are not in tuned with African-American culture. The problem is when you don’t relate to Martin or you don’t know about Malcolm X but you know all about George Washington and Seinfeld. I grew up a Black nerd and still am to a degree and no one questions my Blackness cuz I’ll drop some Malcolm X quotes on they ass in a second.

 

[Phantum]

It's obvious who has worked in a corporate environment and who hasn't. Or you're one of the people she's talking about and don't want to admit it.

 

[Artenche]

Damn these fools done mastered the code switch.

 

[419scam]

seriously doubt they hire ray ray from the corner smoking backwoods/shooting dice

 

[Kwabena]

Only way to make it into the corporate world

 

[null]

seriously doubt they hire ray ray from the corner smoking backwoods/shooting dice

That depends on how good he is with those dice.

 

[NaijaProdigy Redux]

I think we know what she's talking about even though she doesn't go into depth.

I'm surprised she attached her name to this, because this is probably not the article you want when future employers search your name. Also I'm sure the black employees at Google are looking at her funny now.

 

[Deuterion]

seriously doubt they hire ray ray from the corner smoking backwoods/shooting dice

You either white or a c00n because you clearly think that being in-tune with African-American culture means smoking weed and shooting dice. Whereas non-c00n African-Americans are basically asking “Why are you only hiring Larry Elder and Candice Owens types? Why not a Martin Luther King or a Rosa Parks type?”

They are equally well spoken and presentable but two put White American culture on a pedestal and the other two call it out for what it is. Hiring Larry Elder is not diversity, hiring Jesse Lee Peterson is not diversity...they keep the status quo in order an pander. Hiring Malcolm Little is diversity because he is going to challenge the business and the thought process there...he will force them out of their comfort zone.

Hiring c00ns and white washed African-Americans is faux diversity...

 

[Arris]

she's talking about black people who copy the white people in that industries speech pattern/slang/body language/interests

it goes beyond mistakenly thinking she has a narrow view of blackness and it goes beyond moderate code switching when your around them. I know the type of black person she talks about because there were at least a couple of them that I knew in school(comp. sci major). not a lot, which reflects the low number of black hires in those tech giants when they've said they want to hire more.

edit: copy isn't the right word, it's just who they are. copy implies they're faking it to make it. Someone code switching wouldn't be able to replicate who they are to white people.

 

[Deuterion]

she's talking about black people who copy the white people in that industries speech pattern/slang/body language/interests

it goes beyond mistakenly thinking she has a narrow view of blackness and it goes beyond moderate code switching when your around them. I know the type of black person she talks about because there were at least a couple of them that I knew in school(comp. sci major). not a lot, which reflects the low number of black hires in those tech giants when they've said they want to hire more.

edit: copy isn't the right word, it's just who they are. copy implies they're faking it to make it. Someone code switching wouldn't be able to replicate who they are to white people.

You said it very well. These clowns are so easy to find...you walking down the hallway by one of them and say:

“what’s up brotha” with the upward head nod



...and they get all flustered and nervous like...


...then they hit you with “Zippity doo da to you too”

 

[Reality]

You said it very well. These clowns are so easy to find...you walking down the hallway by one of them and say:

“what’s up brotha” with the upward head nod



...and they get all flustered and nervous like...


...then they hit you with “Zippity doo da to you too”

Here's my issue though - what makes her the arbiter of who is who? Nothing she was quoted on in the article made it sound like she was talking about people who wouldn't go to bat for other black people or check some racial shyt in the office. She's talking about sharing similar interests and all that.

At the end of the day, there are more black people who just aren't "woke" in these environments than black people who are on some Candace Owens, antagonistic shyt. They may say some shyt like "I don't get what complaining is going to do about it" or perceive the world differently, but they may not be on some 100% c00n shyt. That might just be their experience. I've worked with them, seen them get their wake up call, and been there to help them connect the dots in what happened.

Think about what it takes to get to where they are. I'm just on the borderline of it. I grew up in a white area but was fortunate in that I visited black family, read black authors, saw racism, etc., early and often. I have a certain understanding of how you move in that environment - will I call out some racism? Yes. Am I going to move exactly how the author would expect me to move in that environment? Who knows.

At the end of the day, any articulation that someone's not "black" enough or not "really" black is going to rub me the wrong way because it's discounting the full spectrum of black experiences here.

 

[Thegospel]

She sound dumb as hell.

 

[Deuterion]

Here's my issue though - what makes her the arbiter of who is who? Nothing she was quoted on in the article made it sound like she was talking about people who wouldn't go to bat for other black people or check some racial shyt in the office. She's talking about sharing similar interests and all that.

At the end of the day, there are more black people who just aren't "woke" in these environments than black people who are on some Candace Owens, antagonistic shyt. They may say some shyt like "I don't get what complaining is going to do about it" or perceive the world differently, but they may not be on some 100% c00n shyt. That might just be their experience. I've worked with them, seen them get their wake up call, and been there to help them connect the dots in what happened.

Think about what it takes to get to where they are. I'm just on the borderline of it. I grew up in a white area but was fortunate in that I visited black family, read black authors, saw racism, etc., early and often. I have a certain understanding of how you move in that environment - will I call out some racism? Yes. Am I going to move exactly how the author would expect me to move in that environment? Who knows.

At the end of the day, any articulation that someone's not "black" enough or not "really" black is going to rub me the wrong way because it's discounting the full spectrum of black experiences here.

What makes her the arbiter is that she is a part of the culture and is speaking on her experience working at Google. There’s a million different variables and exceptions but there are African-Americans who subscribe to White American culture and she has the right to make an observation about said population.

These people’s subscription to that culture may be of no fault of their own but it’s not the observer’s job to have empathy, especially when these people can be used as tokens to delegitimize actual African-American issues.

At the end of the day only hiring African-Americans who walk, talk, and act similar to White Americans is problematic. It highlights how these structures have a disdain for African-Americans and merely tolerate us for optics.

 

[johntheblackjew]

soooooo....those particular types of black folks dont deserve to have jobs? is that what this post is aobut?