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> One day, I was part of a small group flying from San Francisco to New York on the private jet I am sure life is very difficult for women in Sillicon Valley,
by jankotek 9y ago
> One day, I was part of a small group flying from San Francisco to New York on the private jet
I am sure life is very difficult for women in Sillicon Valley, but could we start talking about other issues? 99.999% people are less privileged.
- BadassFractal 9y agoI'm assuming the point here is that if women in board rooms are treated like normal human beings, then civility and respect will soon after trickle down to their less powerful peers who also experience sexism and being left out.
- azinman2 9y agoOther issues? HN is about the tech industry. It shouldn’t be all roses and technical bits — the unsavory underbelly definitely deserves to be exposed. And unfortunately minorities experience negative things unique to who they are, so it’s important to hear them. The private jet doesn’t matter here — it only demonstrates that discrimination occurs from the very bottom to the very top.
- Powerofmene 9y agoHonest question here, what does privilege have to do with the conversation that took place in her presence and the questions directed to her during the conversation? Is it okay because she had the privilege of riding in a private jet? I am not sure I am understanding your comment.
- vidarh 9y agoDo we not spend a lot of time talking about other issues? And are not harassment an issue that also affects less privileged people?
- icebraining 9y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jankotek https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=jankotek Physician, heal thyself
- Angostura 9y agoYou appear to be suggesting that HN doesn’t cover any news involving VCs, company management, the banking sector. I don’t think that’s reasonable.