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RogueTrooper

(4,665 posts)
3. A-men
Sat Sep 24, 2016, 01:56 PM
Sep 2016

You might find this an interesting read.

https://medium.com/@rbottoms/the-secret-empire-e4e6c596475c#.qt83k14ni

The other name for the Klan was the Secret Empire, because even at the height of their power in my hometown of Indianapolis, Indiana it wasn’t a given that public membership in the KKK was acceptable in polite company.

It’s no secret that Silicon Valley, Venture Capital, and Angel Investing is lily white, almost all male and conservative. No matter how many gay men are in the club (Peter Thiel) the same people who have run the show in the past continue to run it now with occasional East Asian guest stars.
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