BLM Protests Across The World

[Detective Conan]

Oh god, #bluelivesmatters is trending on twitter again.

 

[MadVillainy]

Oh god, #bluelivesmatters is trending on twitter again.

A lot of the posts are kpop stans actually doing a good thing for once taking the hash tag and using it to their own advantage and messing things up

 

[SuperT]

I love this woman.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

A lot of the posts are kpop stans actually doing a good thing for once taking the hash tag and using it to their own advantage and messing things up

The best part of the hashtag:

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I love this woman.

She broke it down and kept it a stack.

I love us.

 

[Donner]

Maybe I'm just out of touch, but what's with the Kpop stans? They're mobilizing haha.

 

[SuperT]

Also, it's good seeing all these big company's opening their purses and dropping money and donating to various Black American related causes but what they really need to do to move the marker is address their biased and racist internal hiring processes.

I'm a 30 something Black man with an undergrad from a Big 10 college, close to 10 years of industry experience on my resume and starting my MBA program at one of the top business schools in California. Yet I took my picture - a regular professional head shot - off my resume recently because I was afraid I wasn't getting interviews because they saw I was Black. Us Black people go through this all the time. I receive a rejection letter from a job, I shouldn't have to wonder if I got rejected because I was Black or if I truly wasn't a good fit which how can you even know if you don't interview them in the first place.

My previous company after never having it in the first place implemented drug testing for all new employees last year. As a member of the Black employee network council we pleaded with them to remove it as it was going to discourage and eliminate too many Black recruits that would be perfectly fine employees. They gave us some B.S. excuse that drug testing was to ensure that they hire only the very best people. I was so disgusted because that language was so coded. Our team eventually went through a restructure this past February and my role was eliminated. I was the only Black male other than my director on that team. I was repeatedly told my role elimination wasn't due to my performance (I knew that, I'm good at my job) which didn't help because if you're trying to ensure a diverse workforce why not move me to another open position on a different team? Truly frustrating.

These company's need to hire more Black people but what's more important is that they need to promote them internally into more positions of power. There's no reason Black people need to beg to be promoted while their white counterparts get promoted without even asking. It's starts at the top and these white run company's need to fix it.

 

[Donner]

Also, it's good seeing all these big company's opening their purses and dropping money and donating to various Black American related causes but what they really need to do to move the marker is address their biased and racist internal hiring processes.

I'm a 30 something Black man with an undergrad from a Big 10 college, close to 10 years of industry experience on my resume and starting my MBA program at one of the top business schools in California. Yet I took my picture - a regular professional head shot - off my resume recently because I was afraid I wasn't getting interviews because they saw I was Black. Us Black people go through this all the time. I receive a rejection letter from a job, I shouldn't have to wonder if I got rejected because I was Black or if I truly wasn't a good fit which how can you even know if you don't interview them in the first place.

My previous company after never having it in the first place implemented drug testing for all new employees last year. As a member of the Black employee network council we pleaded with them to remove it as it was going to discourage and eliminate too many Black recruits that would be perfectly fine employees. They gave us some B.S. excuse that drug testing was to ensure that they hire only the very best people. I was so disgusted because that language was so coded. Our team eventually went through a restructure this past February and my role was eliminated. I was the only Black male other than my director on that team. I was repeatedly told my role elimination wasn't due to my performance (I knew that, I'm good at my job) which didn't help because if you're trying to ensure a diverse workforce why not move me to another open position on a different team? Truly frustrating.

These company's need to hire more Black people but what's more important is that they need to promote them internally into more positions of power. There's no reason Black people need to beg to be promoted while their white counterparts get promoted without even asking. It's starts at the top and these white run company's need to fix it.

That's infuriating I'm sorry that happened to you.

That's why when people say discrimination is illegal so it doesn't happen anymore it makes me want to slap them. Restructuring is another word for getting rid of employees legally.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[Marvolo]

LAPD should sell all of that military hardware too.

 

[Detective Conan]

Also, it's good seeing all these big company's opening their purses and dropping money and donating to various Black American related causes but what they really need to do to move the marker is address their biased and racist internal hiring processes.

I'm a 30 something Black man with an undergrad from a Big 10 college, close to 10 years of industry experience on my resume and starting my MBA program at one of the top business schools in California. Yet I took my picture - a regular professional head shot - off my resume recently because I was afraid I wasn't getting interviews because they saw I was Black. Us Black people go through this all the time. I receive a rejection letter from a job, I shouldn't have to wonder if I got rejected because I was Black or if I truly wasn't a good fit which how can you even know if you don't interview them in the first place.

My previous company after never having it in the first place implemented drug testing for all new employees last year. As a member of the Black employee network council we pleaded with them to remove it as it was going to discourage and eliminate too many Black recruits that would be perfectly fine employees. They gave us some B.S. excuse that drug testing was to ensure that they hire only the very best people. I was so disgusted because that language was so coded. Our team eventually went through a restructure this past February and my role was eliminated. I was the only Black male other than my director on that team. I was repeatedly told my role elimination wasn't due to my performance (I knew that, I'm good at my job) which didn't help because if you're trying to ensure a diverse workforce why not move me to another open position on a different team? Truly frustrating.

These company's need to hire more Black people but what's more important is that they need to promote them internally into more positions of power. There's no reason Black people need to beg to be promoted while their white counterparts get promoted without even asking. It's starts at the top and these white run company's need to fix it.

 

[Sithborg]

Oh, just essentially mercenaries being deputized....

 

[SuperT]

Bingo. And to add insult to injury? The two white girls that were my counterparts and in the same positions as me both got promoted not even a week after I got let go. It worked for me since I was planning on leaving but it still hurt.

 

[Detective Conan]

 

[The Guard]

I'm toying with, when All Lives Matter pops up in a snarky way, replying "But Some Lives Matter More Than Others". But I feel like a lot of people won't get it. Maybe if it's in a meme with well-heeled pigs?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Bingo. And to add insult to injury? The two white girls that were my counterparts and in the same positions as me both got promoted not even a week after I got let go. It worked for me since I was planning on leaving but it still hurt.

I don't know the intricacies of this specific situation obviously, but in general racism and sexism are both major issues when it comes to getting hired and upward mobility inside a chosen profession. For minority women, it is a true nightmare.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The title could use some work. Multiple women are there, and like 10% don't have guns.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I'm dead:

 

[MadVillainy]

If you guys see anyone being willfully ignorant or arrogant about how "it's bad to protest because of the pandemic" please light them up with facts.

 

[MadVillainy]

Idk man...maybe I'm just jaded but looking at the track record even if they're found guilty they'll get a real lenient sentence

 

[Marvolo]

Now I'm just imagining the American police trying to stop a bunch of Maori protestors. Thatd be fun, but not for the cops.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Idk man...maybe I'm just jaded but looking at the track record even if they're found guilty they'll get a real lenient sentence

I can't remember where it was exactly, but when I saw a police chief talk about how good of people two officers were that she had to fire after they broke the windows to pull out a black couple from their car and tase them, it made me realize how much BS there is going to be at each and every step here. These cops were good people, they didn't mean it. It was the heat of the moment and they made a mistake.

 

[SuperT]

I'm dead:

I howled at this when it came down my Twitter feed.

 

[Flint Marko]

I can't remember where it was exactly, but when I saw a police chief talk about how good of people two officers were that she had to fire after they broke the windows to pull out a black couple from their car and tase them, it made me realize how much BS there is going to be at each and every step here. These cops were good people, they didn't mean it. It was the heat of the moment and they made a mistake.

Some of them are going to wriggle their way out of it eventually. Chauvin will probably rightfully rot but the other 3 will get out within their lifetime.