Do people of color ever roll their eyes at websites like this? Does it ever just seem silly?
edit: I am white, and my question is not for white people. I call it “peopleofcoloronhackernews” :^)
edit: I am white, and my question is not for white people. I call it “peopleofcoloronhackernews” :^)
What I don’t like is when the claims are needlessly exaggerated.
And to clarify - I am not suggesting there is any similarity to that and intelligence, I am just pointing out that websites like this sort of make it seem like that's the case. Please don't assume this is racism, I am here to gain perspective about something I don't understand.
look! he did a thing even though he's one of those XYZs!
This is exactly what I was wondering. I think I'd feel the exact same way.
It's nice to see positive stories being highlighted.
I would think a good number of under-represented people would be interested and maybe inspired.
I do roll my eyes when people ignore the contents of an interesting article and unprompted go out of their way to inform everybody that they find the existence of sites like that to be silly.
You mean all the other blogs?
It's safe to assume you also rail against the practice of "Wellness Rooms" being exclusively for use by nursing mothers...
I’m kind of confused as to why you’d ask somebody else to go through the process of building that theoretical site and posting it here though. If that’s something that you would like to exist, why not make it yourself?
What are you talking about?
The poster claimed these types of sites exist, I only asked them to show me the evidence of it, and I implied the reaction would most certainly not be one of passive acceptance or lack of comment like we see with this one. I obviously did not say they themselves should build it.
>or would stop you from buying a whites in tech domain, building a site around the concept and submitting your articles here
I disagree, but I acknowledge someone would have to run the experiment to know for certain.
I do commend you for not being a hypocrite, and supporting others who may also "not mind" when people "make websites about others folks like them in tech".
I’m not sure that that is obvious. You posted this bit of instruction:
>Post it on Hacker News and observe the reaction afterwards.
If the “whites in tech” site doesn’t exist, wouldn’t your command necessarily include creating it? How is the poster you’re talking to supposed to follow your instructions exactly?
>I disagree, but I acknowledge someone would have to run the experiment to know for certain.
How would someone _stop_ you from buying a “whites in tech” domain, using it to write a blog, and submitting a link to this website?
You are trying to make a bit of a fuss about a website that you say doesn’t exist, so why not build it and post about it? I don’t really understand being impassioned about something so squarely theoretical.
>I'm not sure that that is obvious.
No, it is. You just missed it.
If you really feel that white people are poorly represented in online literature, feel free to create a "Whites In Tech" blog.
Also, can you be racist against a ethnic group that is in the majority and wields nearly limitless power?
Maybe if these qualifiers aren't worthy of discussion, they shouldn't be used. If the article was titled "Engineer does X.." on a tech blog not singling out a particular race, it wouldn't be an issue. If bricks and plastic were all that mattered, they wouldn't mention race all over the website. Ctrl+F "Black" on main page... does race matter or doesn't it?
The title on HN is:
Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete
I clicked on it and read it because of that. I am, unfortunately for the sake of this conversation, of the opinion that it’s an article about somebody that made plastic bricks. I understand that you appear to have read some sort of referendum about race that didn’t involve engineering or bricks.
If you scroll around the rest of the responses to this article, you’ll find that many people are discussing bricks. Considering that so many of these people, myself included, have completely mistaken the subject of this article, I encourage you to continue complaining about race!
Thank you for your bravery, without your valuable input, nobody would know how important it is to be offended by this!