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>The same people who call attention to gender diversity also speak out for racial diversity Why don't I ever see it being discussed on HN?

by xor1 10y ago

kampkrusty 10y ago
As others have said here: if you don't see it, that should tell you something. The lesson isn't that minorities don't talk about their own issues.
danso 10y ago
Uh, does it not seem logical that if there are fewer black/Hispanic minorities in tech, that there will be fewer blog posts from that perspective? But just because you don't ever see it discussed on HN doesn't mean that it isn't. Try out the HN search engine: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=racism&sort=byPopularity&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=racism&sort=byPopularity&prefi... https://hn.algolia.com/?query=african%20american&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=african%20american&sort=byPopu... Here's a discussion last year on the YC blog post that was titled, "YC Open Office Hours for Black and Hispanic Founders" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10228326 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10228326
mmcwilliams 10y ago
Because the highly-entrenched members of this site have access to the downvote button.
fatbird 10y ago
Because we have enough difficulties discussing basic issues of gender equity, without trying to deal with intersectional and allied issues. Walk before you run!
eropple 10y ago
I see it come up pretty regularly. It usually is then followed by racist pablum of one sort or another--so the resistance to racial issues isn't exactly different from the resistance to gender ones.
KirinDave 10y ago
Because we get flagged down a lot. This thread managed to survive because we started a big twitter stink to try and get it unflagged, and because we had the international women's day hastags to get attention, it managed to make the front page. But even that was a struggle. Many of us, myself included, fight on behalf of a lot of underrepresented groups on HN as best we can. I'm sorry if you haven't seen it, but I assure you some people here are trying.

>The same people who call attention to gender diversity also speak out for racial diversity Why don't I ever see it being discussed on HN?

by xor1 10y ago

>The same people who call attention to gender diversity also speak out for racial diversity Why don't I ever see it being discussed on HN?

kampkrusty 10y ago

As others have said here: if you don't see it, that should tell you something. The lesson isn't that minorities don't talk about their own issues.

danso 10y ago

Uh, does it not seem logical that if there are fewer black/Hispanic minorities in tech, that there will be fewer blog posts from that perspective? But just because you don't ever see it discussed on HN doesn't mean that it isn't. Try out the HN search engine: https://hn.algolia.com/?query=racism&sort=byPopularity&prefix=false&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=racism&sort=byPopularity&prefi... https://hn.algolia.com/?query=african%20american&sort=byPopularity&prefix&page=0&dateRange=all&type=story https://hn.algolia.com/?query=african%20american&sort=byPopu... Here's a discussion last year on the YC blog post that was titled, "YC Open Office Hours for Black and Hispanic Founders" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10228326 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10228326

mmcwilliams 10y ago

Because the highly-entrenched members of this site have access to the downvote button.

fatbird 10y ago

Because we have enough difficulties discussing basic issues of gender equity, without trying to deal with intersectional and allied issues. Walk before you run!

eropple 10y ago

I see it come up pretty regularly. It usually is then followed by racist pablum of one sort or another--so the resistance to racial issues isn't exactly different from the resistance to gender ones.

KirinDave 10y ago

Because we get flagged down a lot. This thread managed to survive because we started a big twitter stink to try and get it unflagged, and because we had the international women's day hastags to get attention, it managed to make the front page. But even that was a struggle. Many of us, myself included, fight on behalf of a lot of underrepresented groups on HN as best we can. I'm sorry if you haven't seen it, but I assure you some people here are trying.