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I’ll take a shot at being brutally honest. I feel this in a different way. I grew up in a conservative family with some racism in its more distant ranks, thankfully with a more liberal mom to balance it out. I grew up fairly well off in a white area, where there were only ever two families of color. Both families moved away in a much shorter time than the average.

I’ve noticed that for awhile I had carried an innate aversion to offshore outsourcing, but only when it’s predominately non-white. It’s difficult to rid yourself of these intentional or unintentional exposure based thought patterns.

I had the privilege and good luck of ending up in a position where I ran an educational, science focused nonprofit. Then I started a business that had needed skills far more expensive in the US, before we could quite reach that level of expenditure. You learn quickly in those kinds of situations that if you carry those innate perspectives you can end up locking yourself away from some excellent talent; capable people who can work magic if you set them up for success.

This comment is only in reply to the topic of race. I’m not making any judgements or assertions about Infosys or any company in particular. Some companies and some people are bad at what they do, and that’s a global truth that is blind to race, culture, creed, politics, and anything else. I’m in full agreement that this type of security failing can, will, and has affected any company no matter what their employees look like or where they are based/operate.