Assholes in the news

[Rev. Rye]

Whites are probably the most non-racist people per capita, or right up there, so no, I don't want people to be told to be less white. Do random white Coca-Cola employees really need to be told not to oppress their black co-workers? I can understand the people in positions of power being told to be fair to everyone regardless of race or orientation, but regular employees? How are they oppressing their co-workers? By speaking over them? That happens in almost all conversations. You've got to learn to be more assertive if you want to make your point and you're worried about being shut out because you're being spoken over.

About the "whites are the most non-racist people per capita" thing:

And, bear in mind, even if that is true, the fact that power is still heavily weighted towards white people, that could still mean that could make that little bigotry have more societal impact.

About whether Coke's employees need to be told to be less racist to minority employees, You'd be surprised.

And if you're telling black people to be more assertive so white people don't speak over them, well, there's entire stereotypes of black people that white people can use to put them in a box like "Oh, it's a black woman getting pissed off. There's no reason to take her seriously because she's ALWAYS pissed off. Why should I take her seriously this time?" Bear in mind, it took years for Black Lives Matter to actually gain mainstream acceptance among white people even though it's simply black people protesting their right to be treated like human beings.