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> I just don't like hanging out with racists and sexists. If Reddit wants to keep me as a contributor to their site, they need to do something about that or I w
by fweespeech 11y ago
> I just don't like hanging out with racists and sexists. If Reddit wants to keep me as a contributor to their site, they need to do something about that or I will not return. I doubt I'm alone in feeling that way.
Many, many people think Tech has a sexism problem.
The logic you are applying to Reddit would in theory require you to leave HN as well. It would also apply to any venue that is commonly felt to have a sexism and/or racism problem.
Leaving because a subset of a given population is a "problem" is silly.
- kaitai 11y agoLook at the numbers of women or racial minorities in tech: in fact, exactly what you suggest happens. It's unfortunate that you think it's "silly" but everyone's got to live their life and subjecting oneself to constant discomfort just doesn't appeal to everyone.
- fweespeech 11y agoI work with an IT department that contains a majority of minorities and women. So...its a question of picking what part of a larger whole that you hang out in. Just like you don't hang out in the racist/etc parts of Reddit. Sorry if that message was lost.
- lagadu 11y agoReally? I work at a software house. Looking around me in my room, right now I can count: 8 males and 7 females. Overall I suspect we do have more guys in the company but by a very small margin. Have you considered that the issue you're looking at is not a tech industry issue but rather a country-specific issue? Most studies I've read about it seem to have been made in the US.