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I was talking to @operaqueenie about this at lunch. Fried and all these other Owners would have us believe that people are spending all day arguing about these issues instead of working. I think it& #39;s important to address that fallacy. https://twitter.com/RomanieThomas/status/1386781651209003008">https://twitter.com/RomanieTh...
For the record, it is in fact a fallacy. You cannot square the *record* profits that companies have been posting with this idea that people aren& #39;t working. It& #39;s incredibly disingenuous and dishonest. So what are people actually talking about?
Here& #39;s what Fried says in his post.
"It& #39;s a major distraction. It saps our energy, and redirects our dialog towards dark places. It& #39;s not healthy, it hasn& #39;t served us well."
That& #39;s sounds ominous. But it& #39;s always worth asking. Who is "us"?
"It& #39;s a major distraction. It saps our energy, and redirects our dialog towards dark places. It& #39;s not healthy, it hasn& #39;t served us well."
That& #39;s sounds ominous. But it& #39;s always worth asking. Who is "us"?
If people weren& #39;t getting their work done because they wanted to argue about politics all day, then those people should probably be fired. Are we pretending that companies have a problem with performance management? It& #39;s that what& #39;s going on?
No that& #39;s not it. I think what Fried means it& #39;s that *he* is being distracted. Him and other Owners wanna spend all of their time worrying about their business. And instead they& #39;re being asked to have an impact on these social issues. That& #39;s the distraction he& #39;s referring to.
Taking about these social issues is making these white guys feel bad. They have to show up every day and be told they are what& #39;s wrong with the world. I can imagine that "saps their energy".
Perhaps not as much as hearing how often people who look like me are getting killed by police. I mean that& #39;s what distracts me. That& #39;s what takes me to some "dark places". But that& #39;s neither here nor there. We& #39;re talking about the feelings of white men, and that takes precedence.
My point is this. What we& #39;re witnessing is what Whiteness has always done when confronted with unpleasant things. "I& #39;m changing the rules so I don& #39;t have to deal with it".
This is no different than "I& #39;m not racist. I just want a nice neighborhood. And you know how they are."
This is no different than "I& #39;m not racist. I just want a nice neighborhood. And you know how they are."
They let too many of us into their gated community and now it& #39;s not working for them. So they& #39;re closing the gates. That& #39;s what& #39;s happening folks. Don& #39;t miss it. And don& #39;t fail to connect this with the long history of white supremacist patriarchal oppression.
I wanna come back to this because I don& #39;t think I made the point strongly enough. Taking about politics is not keeping these companies from being successful. But it is easy for bosses to *say* there& #39;s a problem and *blame* the political discussion. https://twitter.com/polotek/status/1386813534667874305?s=19">https://twitter.com/polotek/s...
