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>I don't think it's unreasonable to point out that a) racist and sexist abuse are a thing I understand that "racism" and "sexism" are things without mention of

>I don't think it's unreasonable to point out that a) racist and sexist abuse are a thing I understand that "racism" and "sexism" are things without mention of and/or blaming "straight, white men". >that the volume of such abuse we see ourselves is much lower I'm not sure how the fact that because specific demographics witness fewer abuses they should somehow be assumed to be part of the problem.

sp332 10y ago
The straight white men who (largely) built and run Twitter failed to manage harassment on the service. Presumably they just don't think it's a big problem because they don't see it. They have actually admitted this a few times. http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/4/7982099/twitter-ceo-sent-memo-taking-personal-responsibility-for-the http://www.theverge.com/2015/2/4/7982099/twitter-ceo-sent-me... https://twitter.com/bhcarpenter/status/695824384594808832 https://twitter.com/bhcarpenter/status/695824384594808832 & https://twitter.com/bhcarpenter/status/695834826432065536 https://twitter.com/bhcarpenter/status/695834826432065536