> the Vision Fund’s Zambia-born chief financial officer, Navneet Govil, told a...
Make sure you say where someone is from that way you can judge how upset you should be about their comments.
Make sure you say where someone is from that way you can judge how upset you should be about their comments.
The above suggestion is a shame. It appears to be a victim “woke” mentality.
Is it possible Bloomberg was describing where the individual was from for reasons outside what you suggest?
Seriously, if you’re writing a whole article about someone it seems worthwhile to mention if they’re from Zambia, but if you’re writing a single sentence it’s a bit off putting.
>Microaggression is a term used for brief and commonplace daily verbal, behavioural, or environmental indignities, whether intentional or unintentional, that communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative prejudicial slights and insults toward any group, particularly culturally marginalized groups.
I think the idea of the parents is on point. We never say "An American CFO" or "An American CFO from the Mississippi delta"
We have to appreciate that his place of birth it is a fact, whether one thinks it preloads preconceptions or not.
Edit: "whether you think" -> "whether one thinks"