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17 Sep, 5 tweets, 2 min read
The idea of inheritance has been on my mind a lot lately. It’s pretty obvious that having a child reconfigures your priorities. It’s difficult to convey what it feels like to know if you died tomorrow she would be okay for at least a while.
I have a vivid memory of talking to my father in law on his 50th Birthday. We threw him a party, and everybody was asking him how it feels. He was pensive about it. Then he said “I’m not sure. To be honest I never thought I’d make it to 50.”

As a Black man, I felt that deeply.
Ever since then, I have been on a journey to stretch myself into being able to think longer term. I’ve learned a lot about the difference between people who grow up with money and safety vs people who don’t. It has so many effects. This is one of more subtle ones.
So far it looks like my daughter is likely to grow up with money and relative safety. She’s going to be different from me. I’m trying to build some idea of what that means for her. Especially because in a wider sense, it’s a lie. The world is still going to try to destroy her.
Anyway, this random tweet from Josh sparked a bunch of thoughts. My daughter will know she has an inheritance. It won’t be a surprise. And I want her to be able to understand how to plan for the future in a way I am only just learning.

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18 Sep
Welp.
Here's the thing. Any white man who actually understands the problems with diversity in tech would also understand the problem with making themselves the face of it.

It's actually not that hard to see the signals of why people aren't ready for this work.
What's harder to see us why those white men can also raise $50MM when those who aren't white men cannot. More people need to understand that there are people who will put real money behind *sabotaging* diversity efforts.
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I have talked a lot about how Whiteness resists examination. It does not allow us to talk about it in a way where we can start to understand it's qualities.

I believe one of the reasons for that is that it has scammery at it's core.
There is a growing conversation about the meaning of American freedom. In a very real way, it's about the freedoms to harm others.

This is still coming together for me. I keep telling y'all that I'm a poor student of history. But it makes sense with everything I see.
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Sure. But in order to do that, I should unpack New Bullshit just a little. I sometimes speak in memes because I wanna be one of the cool kids. But the context matters here.
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This is a great thread. Not because I agree with everything in it. I don’t actually. It’s great because it gives more context on how to think about various important career decisions. It’s important to develop a perspective on how you think about your career moves.
It’s worth acknowledging that Corey is a white guy. So all of his advice should be viewed through that lens. There are certain kinds of career challenges that he just doesn’t have. And it affects how he makes decisions. I believe he’s more self-aware than most about that reality.
In most cases, I agree with the core point, but I would add more nuance.

For example, are you making your manager’s life more difficult by quitting? Yes.
Should they hold that against you personally? No.
Will the company be okay? Almost certainly yes.
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People find this thread again about once a month. It brings a new wave of Black people saying "yep" and white people getting mad and calling me "the real racist".
That's not surprising. What I always find amusing is the white people who show up loud and angry, but also want to paint me as the "close-minded" one. Thousands of Black people talking about our experience is "insanity". Because Whiteness is rightness.
Also, every single time white people find this thread and get mad, not one person actually asks me what "real talk" means. Even though I did the courtesy of putting it in quotes to signal that we're probably talking about something more than just the literal words.
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I've gone through a lot of different phases in my relationship with twitter. There have been several occasions where I had to step back from the edge because I was doing way too much. This place turns good people into assholes without them even understanding what they've become.
When people get put on blast, they almost always accuse me of being "obsessed". They wanna do their dirt in replies where they think only a few people will see. When you shine a light, all of a sudden you're being mean to them.
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