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		ddw on Feb 10, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Slack got four of its black female engineers to ac... It's strange that you automatically assumed the four women were being patrionized.

mkopinsky on Feb 11, 2016 [–]

He didn't assume such a thing. He stated how he personally would feel in such a situation. And yes, generalizing from one's own experiences and emotions is one valid way of interpolating how others would react in a similar situation.

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