Shant-Knows-It-All

I always see news updates and wish I could go back in time to argue against some idiot who didn’t get it and ram the newspaper, well really the tab on my web browser on my laptop, or rip the 65-inch flat screen off my bedroom wall, and shove the reporter talking into their face and say, “See you idiot, what I tried to tell you?!” But to be honest, I know that people never even remember shit I say. I, on the other hand, remember everything, and when the “breaking news” comes out, I know exactly who I want to go back and confront. I remember every fucking argument, and I’ve replayed them in my head over and over for years; a gift of my neuroses– or genius. And this article stood out right away, as I ruminated on all my annoyances about diversity I’ve faced in tech companies, startups, and white corporate America in general. I thought about how I had to go to these Friday fire chats the CEO started at this one startup, during the George Floyd upset in Summer 2020. I had convinced this CE...