At work the other day this Vietnamese guy was bitching about how stupid the Rooney rule was to me and this black guy. I was a bit uncomfortable but my conscious was clear I wasn’t saying it, I was merely listening and playing devil’s advocate (despite deep down hating anything that smacks of affirmative action).
The black guy didn’t say much but, this being Florida he was a Jamaican and some of those brotha’s don’t consider themselves as african-americans. Either that or he just didn’t want to argue I am not certain, but I sensed he basically agreed with the case the other guy was making. The Vietnamese guy while hard to understand was adamant about how he thought it was wasting everyone’s time, and stated his case well. I pretended to take the other side, just to needle him a little.
As a white guy I can’t imagine taking a stand on that issue at work. Not in today’s nanny-state, best to just dummy-up and stay quiet.
