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I believe in this case it was a simple misinterpretation of the terminology rather than nefarious intent.

• s73v3r_ 9y ago
  And I believe I've been here long enough to know that is not a very good assumption to make. Allowances such as yours are usually given in defense of white men, but hardly ever given for other groups.
  • ovao 9y ago
    The HN guidelines[0] encourage users to assume good faith in interpreting the comments of others, and I think that applies well here. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    • s73v3r_ 9y ago
      They do, but again, I've been here long enough to know that's not always the case, especially with topics like this.
  • elvisisevil 9y ago
    why are you assuming OP is a white man? is that the only group who ever notices the funny corners of race math?