[bellerocky]

I don't have good answers for you, but discrimination isn't always done intentionally. Maybe more often than not it's ignorance or simply institutional. I am also a white male. It took a long time for me to figure out my own biases and honestly I am still learning about them. I recommend this movie:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0484384/ (The Color of Fear)

There are pieces of it on YouTube apparently:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nmhAJYxFT4

I once decided to investigate racism more. In addition to reading academic materials I also tried reading magazines intended for black women and found a section on how not to scare your white boss with your hair. There was all kinds of stuff like that, and it was both shocking and depressing. I just had no idea.

[wutbrodo]

Oh man, black women's hair is a HUGE under-the-radar discrimination issue. It's one of those issues that get dismissed because of how silly it sounds (and a prime candidate for people saying "for fuck's sake is everything discrimination now?!?!"). But seriously, the natural hairstyles of many black women aren't considered "professional" in a lot of contexts, and spending a pretty-large amount of money and time at salons torturing your hair into looking white is pretty much the only option in some circumstances. AFAICT, the solution is "easy" per se, but difficult considering how slow culture changes: don't define "different" as unprofessional. Thankfully this is one of the problems that tech is better about than other places in general (because seriously, who gives a fuck about your appearance unless you're a model/actor/customer-facing/etc).