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While Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, top executive pushed ‘woke’ programs
nypost.com ^ | 3/11/23 | Katherine Donlevy

Posted on 03/11/2023 7:11:31 PM PST by GrandJediMasterYoda

While Silicon Valley Bank collapsed, top executive pushed ‘woke’ programs

A head of risk management at Silicon Valley Bank spent considerable time spearheading multiple “woke” LGBTQ+ programs, including a “safe space” for coming out stories, as the firm catapulted toward collapse.

Jay Ersapah, the boss of Financial Risk Management at SVB’s UK branch, launched initiatives such as the company’s first month-long Pride campaign and a new blog emphasizing mental health awareness for LGBTQ+ youth.

“The phrase ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’ resonates with me,’” Ersapah was quoted as saying on the company website.

“As a queer person of color and a first-generation immigrant from a working-class background, there were not many role models for me to ‘see’ growing up.”

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KEYWORDS: bank; esg; getwoke; gobroke; siliconvalley; siliconvalleybank; svb; woke
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
Jay Ersapah, the boss of Financial Risk Management at SVB’s UK branch, launched initiatives such as the company’s first month-long Pride campaign and a new blog emphasizing mental health awareness for LGBTQ+ youth.

NPR and PBS should hire these folks now they're out of work... Go Woke - Go Broke...

21 posted on 03/11/2023 8:30:02 PM PST by GOPJ (The few sowed the wind, and the many reaped their whirlwind. - Victor Davis Hanson)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

I don’t see evidence showing the bank was done in by woke theology. Was it present? Definitely, but investments didn’t look bad and the loans were being paid.

Any time a bank has depositors take out their monies, they have to have cash to cover that. When a lot of cash is needed, you need to sell investments at a loss to get quick cash for your customer.

That is simply what seems to have happened, here.


22 posted on 03/11/2023 8:30:50 PM PST by ConservativeMind (Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
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To: martin_fierro
I worked for them when they went under.

I hit the wrong key and added a couple zeroes.

My bad.🤣

23 posted on 03/11/2023 11:06:00 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: MeganC
That gladdens my heart.
24 posted on 03/11/2023 11:28:09 PM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Ah yes, how does that go? “Love fly’s out the window when money walks through the door’’.

Or in this case when the money ran out the door.


25 posted on 03/12/2023 1:03:29 AM PST by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

Maxine Waters gave them the green light to go WOKE ?


26 posted on 03/12/2023 5:51:35 AM PDT by butlerweave
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