Agreed. This article has some good thoughts but the "White" thing is annoying. There are plenty of white people whose life is not golden. In the end it comes down to wealthy vs not wealthy. Race or gender doesn't matter.
> Since all new creativity is held hostage in the hands of insensitive investors who promote the development of White business leaders to the exclusion of any other forms of creativity. Seventy five percent of all investment dollars are placed into the hands of White men. In the tech industry, most companies are run by, lead by, and pay the bulk of their company’s value to White men, the primary beneficiaries of such investment effort.
1. This certainly doesn't posit that all white people live perfect lives.
2. This is 74 words out of a 2600 word long essay, for crying out loud.
3. He's not wrong. If you're concerned with "wealthy vs not wealthy" it's entirely relevant that one particular cohort is far more likely to be in the wealthy group rather than other cohorts.
I get so tired of people looking to get offended by things like this.
However, using a loaded term like "White men" is unnecessary and just serves to distract people with polarized culture war stuff.
If race or gender doesn't matter, why do 75% of investment dollars go to white men? I personally doubt 75% of people in the "algorithmic economy" are white men. But I'd love to be corrected about this.
1. wealth concentrated in the hands of a few white men
2. wealth concentrated in the hands of a few
In the first scenario, it is difficult for white men to join the elite club while virtually impossible for non-White men (and women) to do so. In the second scenario at least one problem is fixed, as it gets equally difficult (not impossible) to everybody join the elite club, which is good enough to start.
That's why it's a slippery slope.
Seems to me you're all irked by facts? Sure, plenty of Jewish people aren't prospering. Irrelevant. A disproportionate amount of them are succeeding in the "algorithmic economy." I don't see why this is so taboo to point out.
If race or gender doesn't matter, why do 25% of Harvard places go to Jews? [1] I personally doubt 25% of people in the "algorithmic economy" are Jewish. But I'd love to be corrected about this.
[1] http://www.hillel.org/about/news-views/news-views---blog/new...
The "traditional noble class" is not "White men." In fact "White men" aren't even a class in that sense.