Posted on 07/07/2025 7:14:05 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia, has faced backlash for a series of racist posts against Zohran Mamdani.
Shaun Maguire, a partner at Sequoia, has faced backlash for a series of racist posts against Zohran Mamdani. Maguire is a well known name in Silicon Valley, having led or co-led Sequoia's investments in SpaceX, The Boring Company, and X. Before joining Sequoia, the tech investor was a partner at Google Ventures.
On Saturday, Maguire made a series of derogatory comments against Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City in the upcoming 2025 election. The comments did not focus on his policies but on his race and religion, sparking backlash against the tech investor.
“Mamdani comes from a culture that lies about everything. It’s literally a virtue to lie if it advances his Islamist agenda,” Maguire posted on X. “The West will learn this lesson the hard way,” he added.
Zohran Mamdani is the son of Indian-American filmmaker Mira Nair and Ugandan academic Mahmood Mamdani. If elected, he could become New York City’s first-ever Muslim mayor.
A New York Times report on Thursday also revealed that the 33-year-old checked a box claiming he was ‘Asian' but also ‘Black or African American’ when he applied to Columbia University in 2009.
The post drew widespread criticism on social media. “A partner at Sequoia outs himself as a full-on anti-Muslim bigot. Usually when smart people are racist, they try to be subtle. But
@shaunmmaguire is so lazy that he can't even be bothered to put some thought into his racism,” read one critical post on X among many other similar ones.
American statistician Nate Silver labelled it as “just a...
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Islam is not a race.
Shaun is right.
He’s not wrong. If it advances Islam, it’s totally OK to lie, at least to infidels.
Simply pointing out the obvious
Pretending that it's a race is an example of how the left controls the terms of debate.
It's like their continual and unbreakable policy of conflating "immigrants" and "illegal immigrants."
Or, more recently, their policy of "trans women are women." They seem to be in the process of losing that one, but that could change.
Since when is a culture called a race?
when you can’t make an argument on the merits, then play the race card. It’s a standard practice.
Communism was forced to switch from "class" to "race" when Western countries became so wealthy that there wasn't enough "revolutionary fervor" among the lowest classes.
For one thing, the "lowest classes" became too much of a minority, which is why the Democrats have to import them by the millions from second- and third-world countries.
It’s called “Taquiyya”, and it’s a tenet of Islam.
Anything is a race if the left wants it to be.
Just like anything is racism if the left wants it to be.
“…sparking backlash against the tech investor.”
Also sparking mixed metaphors among semi-literate “journalists” and editors.
Is it racist if it’s true?
Main stream journalism is another culture that lies.
Zohran Mamdani lied because there was no advantage in being a spoiled brat trust fund baby..
Since Mamdani is a communist, it is more likely that he is lying about being a Muslim, than lying because of Islam. His “culture” is Communism.
Which of the following are known to LIE to advance their agendas and seize power:
A) Democrats.
B) Socialists.
C) Democratic Socialists.
D) Communists.
E) All of the above.
Taqqiyya; deceiving the infidel in order to them harm in any way is the act of a saint.
Shaun might be criticized, but if it was for telling the truth....???
Oh boo hoo
He’s not wrong
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