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What's always the interesting to me about these kinds of unfortunate interactions is how amplified they become as they are reported. The title of the post is "
by daenz 10y ago
What's always the interesting to me about these kinds of unfortunate interactions is how amplified they become as they are reported. The title of the post is "Dumb Widdle Girls in Tech." A quote from the author: "It’s impressive that you overcame the intellectually debilitating condition of being female to understand the nuances of deep learning." To be fair, much of the post was balanced, but those 2 things stood out to me.
I'm not defending what Huang said at all, but I do think that it's unfortunate that the worst possible extreme sexism is always assumed at the slightest off-color remark. Should remarks like these be career or position-ending? Let's see what happens.
- LyndsySimon 10y ago> I'm not defending what Huang said at all, but I do think that it's unfortunate that the worst possible extreme sexism is always assumed at the slightest off-color remark. I've almost always been opposed to the forced cultural changes that our industry has dealt with in the past few years - but come one. This wasn't an "off-color remark", it was offensive and I can see no way it could have been intended otherwise.
- daenz 10y agoIf that's not an off-color remark, tell me an actual sex-related off-color remark.
- tinco 10y agoHow about: "Oh, I am surprised a girl won the raffle." That's off color (I.e. why put emphasis on the fact that they are underrepresented) but not offensive (I.e. there's no questioning the girls knowledge).
- daenz 10y agoNot trying to be pedantic here, but that's not off-color at all. There's nothing in poor taste about saying women are under-represented.
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- Ended 10y agoI'm sure Huang didn't consciously intend to be sexist, but unfortunately a culture of "off-color remarks" is what enables sexism. Senior, highly visible professionals should be particularly aware even of their off-hand remarks, as they have a disproportionate influence over the culture of their company and sector.