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How can people still deny that this isn't clear discrimination against straight white males? The PC police talk about all the "coded racism" that they see all day but they can't tell that this is coded racism?

They should just say what they mean: If you're a straight white man it's okay to treat you like shit.

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People who say that are usually people who define "racism" and "sexism" as "discrimination from a position of power" or "systemic/institutional discrimination". For them, just because men or whites are statistically more likely to be powerful, men and whites are powerful and "privileged" in general. Who cares about poor whites and homeless men!

I think that's pure bullshit, but a lot of people apparently feel the opposite.

"They should just say what they mean: If you're a straight white man it's okay to treat you like shit."

Several GitHub employees would agree: https://github.com/todogroup/opencodeofconduct/pull/17

https://twitter.com/rachelmyers/status/629981737121021953

https://twitter.com/agelender/status/629080326736773120 https://twitter.com/agelender/status/573560084837498880

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