> As a side note, I am conflicted if general interest stories like this should be on HN as they are too emotionally charged. Of course this is relevant. The is

> As a side note, I am conflicted if general interest stories like this should be on HN as they are too emotionally charged. Of course this is relevant. The issues James Baldwin wrote about are still issues today, and tech companies are not free from blame. https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-advertising-discrimination-housing-race-sex-national-origin https://www.propublica.org/article/facebook-advertising-disc... https://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/518087610/new-research-looks-at-ways-to-help-stop-airbnb-racial-discrimination https://www.npr.org/2017/03/02/518087610/new-research-looks-... https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/study-finds-racial-discrimination-by-uber-and-lyft-drivers https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-10-31/study-fin... HN needs stories like these, and comments like yours.