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>>sn_mas+(OP)
As an international entrepreneur, I am delighted that large US companies spend their time and attention on inconsequential and toxic identity politics.

More opportunities for us to exploit their weakness, create real value and shape the future

And it goes without saying that the future we create and control will have no place for this drivel

>>sergef+gj
It really is like watching an empire die. Hyperfocused on obscure artificially-inflated issues while basic utilities cease functioning.

>>ceilin+4s
Racial inequality is not an "artificially inflated issue." Studies show that, despite reduction in de jure racism over the past 70 years, Black-white income gaps are large (with Black incomes being 19 percentile points below white incomes in the income distribution), and also persistent. Meanwhile, the incomes of other groups (Latinos, Asians) have or are in the process of converging with those of whites.

So there is a real, devilishly difficult problem here. But it's not going to be solved by telling people to "be less white." That's an insane non-solution to a real problem.

>>rayine+4w
There are fairly massive income gaps within white and black groups as well.

Nigerian Americans have on average 10 % higher incomes than whites.

EDIT: It is 5 per cent, not 10 per cent. I was mistaken. They have 10 % more than an average American household.

Czech Americans have on average 20 % higher incomes than generic whites.

Given that I am a Czech, are we silently running Czech supremacy in the U.S.?

>>inglor+qz
I wonder why HN only focuses on the financial part. There are several complex ways in which racial injustice works. Nigerian Americans will still get racially profiled at the store and have a harder time with the police.

>>tolbis+HC
I cannot vouch for that either way. My experience from Europe is that A LOT depends on your clothing and general demeanor.

An Indian dressed a in silk three piece suit and a Philippe Patek watch on his wrist will be treated with obsequious deference by the store personnel. A Roma guy dressed as stereotypical Roma will be suspected and followed. Their skin colors are identical.

At the end of the day, money talks.