Comment by maxbond
2 days ago
> He was directly told that he won't be promoted because he was a white man.
I think Adams was lying. I don't think they ever told him that.
For instance in contemporary interviews about his show being cancelled he gave reasonable explanations. Only later did he claim his show was cancelled unjustly. He also wrote a book with the subtitle, Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter. I think as his views hardened he didn't feel obligated to tell the truth, and/or that his lies were in service of a deeper truth.
So I think he sincerely believed he had been passed over because of he was a man, but that that conversation never took place and he knew it.
> If I remember correctly, it had more to do with his sex and not his race.
You're right. I've updated the comment. Thanks for the correction.
> Why would he work his ass off after that?
He was phoning it in before that.
Hell, he could have been told that he wasn't promoted because of his sex/race/whatever by his direct superior who supported Adams' promotion but was overruled by his higher ups/the committee.
"Older white guy boss tells younger white guy Adams that he doesn't have a future because the company is only promoting <slurs> and <slurs>." is something I would totally believe happened. Source: if you're a white guy, other white guys tell you all sorts of things you'd think they'd keep to themselves.
Or, as how it usually happens, the guy who told him "You aren't getting promoted because you are white" was just wrong himself
I don't know why people always seem to forget that essential default. People say things that aren't true all the time.
People's words and explanations have greater significance when the observed reality supports it.
I am sure it wasn't only the words that convinced Scott Adams, but the observed reality of who is being promoted and who is not.
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Oh yeah, I meant that to be implicit in what I was saying.
I have zero problem believing that his boss or whoever told him that, or that said person was just talking out their ass.