My, admittedly limited, understanding of current social science theory seems to claim more and more that boundaries of race, class, gender etc are real boundaries that preclude identification and understanding. I identify with men, because I am a man, I can't possibly understand a woman's point of view for the same reason. We are encouraged to believe in privileged positions where knowledge is spesific to this position and irrelevant in others.

Computing requires a common language and a common understanding, as does any discipline where you are dealing with the real world. If you extend social theory into computing you WILL end up with people claiming it is discriminatory to privilege any ideas within the field. Sounds like a nightmare to me.