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The problem opposite of artificial intelligence unintentionally erasing blacks is a company's built-in intelligences intentionally erasing whites, minimizing th

The problem opposite of artificial intelligence unintentionally erasing blacks is a company's built-in intelligences intentionally erasing whites, minimizing their achievements, and deconstructing their identities. Whites are not "allowed" to have achievements; they must be couched in terms of general social achievements which of course are (according to the doodles) aspirationally majority non-white, and ideally non-white and non-male.

dang 10y ago
Let's not have race rants on HN, please.
- stillsut 10y ago
  How is this a "race rant"? It's simply a well written and concise opinion (that's the opposite of a rant), completely relevant to the article in question, the contents of which, moderator 'dang' disagrees with. This is easily seen by his history of comments which exclusively censor and censure only one viewpoint. And this is fine to hold an opinion as the expense of keeping an open mind. It is fine to use your power as a mod to advance your opinion. What is not fine is to hide your agenda underneath feigned impartiality. Your comment should read "White people can not complain about being snubbed by tech companies on this forum". It would be a far more direct and honest approach.
- h4nkoslo 10y ago
  I'm unclear on what a "race rant" is or how this could qualify. The behavior I have described is the academic consensus on the appropriate treatment of race, it's not totally surprising that Google or anyone else would participate in that consensus. The footnotes of this article are a good starting point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteness_studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteness_studies
  - dang 10y ago
    What I'm calling a rant is making grand statements on inflammatory topics that come from a place of resentment. On HN, we're hoping for thoughtful statements that come from a place of curiosity. Those aren't just two different kinds of discourse, they're incompatible, like forest fires are incompatible with forests. Edit: one privilege of HN moderation is getting devastating critiques of one's analogies from emailers. Ok, forest fires don't really make my point here. But there is an article called "When Analogies Fail" on the front page right now, so I'll leave it.

dang 10y ago

Let's not have race rants on HN, please.

stillsut 10y ago
How is this a "race rant"? It's simply a well written and concise opinion (that's the opposite of a rant), completely relevant to the article in question, the contents of which, moderator 'dang' disagrees with. This is easily seen by his history of comments which exclusively censor and censure only one viewpoint. And this is fine to hold an opinion as the expense of keeping an open mind. It is fine to use your power as a mod to advance your opinion. What is not fine is to hide your agenda underneath feigned impartiality. Your comment should read "White people can not complain about being snubbed by tech companies on this forum". It would be a far more direct and honest approach.
h4nkoslo 10y ago
I'm unclear on what a "race rant" is or how this could qualify. The behavior I have described is the academic consensus on the appropriate treatment of race, it's not totally surprising that Google or anyone else would participate in that consensus. The footnotes of this article are a good starting point. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteness_studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteness_studies
- dang 10y ago
  What I'm calling a rant is making grand statements on inflammatory topics that come from a place of resentment. On HN, we're hoping for thoughtful statements that come from a place of curiosity. Those aren't just two different kinds of discourse, they're incompatible, like forest fires are incompatible with forests. Edit: one privilege of HN moderation is getting devastating critiques of one's analogies from emailers. Ok, forest fires don't really make my point here. But there is an article called "When Analogies Fail" on the front page right now, so I'll leave it.