[Darryl_P]

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Did it ever occur to you that maybe 5 white people might be easier working with a white guy then a black guy because of people like you running around saying it'll be uncomfortable? More comfortable working with people that share the same ancestory? Why is that not something that comes to my head when Im talking to someone? "hm, he doesn't have Irish and German grandmother, only italian and puertica rican, now it'll just be to awkward."


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My observations are that the shorter and less significant the interaction, the less it matters what someone's ancestry is.

Of course I could do a business transaction or even have a business partnership with anyone of any background, and the differences wouldn't matter. But if you identify closely with your job and view your colleagues as an extended family of sorts, then it could make a difference.

Some people insist on having family businesses and excluding everyone who is non-family. I suppose you don't see a problem in that, right? Others accept all comers. This is the modern norm so that can't be bad either. What's wrong philosophically with drawing the line somewhere in between? What if race is not specifically mentioned but I only hire people I like and they happen to be mostly white? Would I be doing something wrong? If so, then why can't I choose people I like to work with for whatever reason I want?