Folks: If the sentiment “Black Lives Matter” gives you pause -if you think for some reason that those three words, in that order, are problematic -then you don’t get to call yourself a liberal anymore. I don’t care where you stand on any other issue, you need to go sit with the Trumpicans and KKK members (but I repeat…

Hello_America is not saying to hire an unqualified POC over a qualified white person, and if, with all this discussion, you took that comment to simply mean “disregard merit,” then you are in denial at best, continuing to be willfully ignorant at worst. Or you just didn’t actually read the comment. And, no, I’m not…

you can, knowing you and others you work with may have implicit bias, make a point to interview people of color and hire them when qualified

I’d say just recognize it, understand the effect, and don’t be a dick if you can help it.

not to be a wang, but minorities have pretty much always been killing it in the arts community. it shouldn’t take a twitter account to make you realize that.