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This part is perplexing because it seems the employees fail to grasp that not only minorities can be discriminated against.

The articles specific wording is: " But employees say she pointed to two comments that called out “cis white men.” "

Calling out 'cis white men'? As though it's just a normal thing to do, because, you know, those terrible 'straight white men'?

Can you imagine if that statement read 'calling out those gay blacks'?

The lack of self awareness among those staffers at least on this issue is shocking.

It's definitely racist, and definitely a fireable offence.

Obviously, black->white/white->black racism is quite different, but it's still racism in the worst way.

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Since they're "quite different", only one of them is "the worst".

But they're not "quite different". All racism is equally "the worst".

No, that's bogus. The century of lynching black men that followed the USA civil war was definitely worse than the cab drivers who are rude to white people in Asia.

What ever happened to “two wrongs don’t make a right?”

I haven't heard that since kindergarten. Here in the adult world, we care about justice. Justice is not served when ignorant white yuppies appropriate the struggles of others. Could "Emily" have better catered to the feelings of her managers? Probably! However, we wouldn't all be laughing at Korey if she had said "I'm firing you because you have been rude." She didn't have to pretend that she had suffered some sort of harm because one of her employees didn't worship her.

There's a reason they teach it in kindergarten: it's a pretty fundamental concept that people who want a functioning society should probably adhere to.

Here's another maxim for you: live by the sword, die by the sword. If you want people to be treated equal, stop singling out groups (e.g. "ignorant white yuppies") and playing identity politics.

This is adorable! It was Korey who fired people for, as she claimed, being "racist" and "discriminatory" to her, the lily-white CEO. I bet she wishes she had heard your advice about playing identity politics before she had played identity politics!

I encourage you to tell the legislatures about your wise "two wrongs" wisdom. I bet they'll empty out the prisons immediately!

Jesus left us a variety of maxims. I must admit, however, that we didn't study the Gospels in my kindergarten.

Wow, thats an incredible statement to not be backed up with any sources.

I vehemently disagree; racism is at its worst when groups who are institutionally powerful use racism to oppress groups with relatively little institutional power. To assert otherwise is to be willfully blind to the lived experiences of people who are oppressed, at best. I won't go into what it suggests at worst.

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