Thread by @PeteOlusoga

Remember when we were like "yo, racism is structural, it's inbuilt, it's embedded," and you were like "shut up, stop playing the race card," and we were like, "nah, fam, I'm telling you," and you were like "quit playing the victim," and we were like "..."
bbc.co.uk/news/health-58…

...and you were like "get that chip off your shoulder," and we were like, "dude, racism isn't just name calling, it's baked into the fabric of society," and you were like "why is it always about race?" and we were like, "bro I can't even wash my hands..."
iflscience.com/technology/thi…

...and you were like "that's hardly major though," and we were like, "not in the grand scheme of things, but it's inconvenience you don't have just cos of your skin tone," and you were like, "victim mentality,"
and we were like "bruh, can't dry em either!"
thisisamos.com/2020/09/20/han…

...and you were like, "so stop being victims and build your own tech," and we were like, "srsly? Just recognise that Black people exist and include them in testing," and you were like, "of course we recognise Black people exist," and we were like "o rly?"
theguardian.com/technology/202…

and you were like, "its okay, they fixed that," and we were like, "that's not the point, the point is the tech was developed that way in the first place," and you were like, "well, it's not like it's life and death, is it?" and we were like, "read on, bro"
sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2020/rac…

and you were like, "mistaken identity never killed anyone," and we were like "hahahahahahahahahahahah," and you were like "okay, I'll give you that one," and we were like, "my dude, racism will literally kill us." theguardian.com/technology/sho…

and you were like, "well you can't just blame white people, more Black people should enter the tech industry," and we were like, "why is it down to Black people to solve racism? And anyway, there are many structural barriers because of, y'know, racism..."
latimes.com/business/techn…

and you were like "here we go again with the race card," and we were like "... really... have you just not been listening this whole time?" and you were like, "whut?", and we were like, "come on, man, try harder..."
builtin.com/women-tech/wom…

and you were like, "most people working in tech probably aren't racist though, they're not doing this on purpose," and we were like, "sure, but if your world is white, your frames of reference are limited. Remember when Google tagged pictures of Black people as gorillas?"

...and you were like, "yeah, that was kind funny," and we were like, "yeah I suppose that was kinda funny, but also not really funny at all. Look, here's a bunch of other examples of this shit..."
medium.com/tech2impact/is…

...and you were like, "ah... okay," and we were like, "do you see how talking about victimhood, and race cards, and chips on shoulders is actually really insulting, when racism is so deeply entrenched in even the most mundane things like washing my goddamned hands?"

...and you were like, "welp," and we were like, "yeah, you might welp now, but just wait till these motherf**kers get machine guns."