Hi everyone! Just a friendly reminder that as a community of largely white, highly educated, [male](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=591309 https://news.yco

Hi everyone! Just a friendly reminder that as a community of largely white, highly educated, [male](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=591309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=591309) [millennials](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2175588), we have some blindspots: areas we cannot see that we do not know we cannot see. When we read an article like this, it's natural to put yourself in the shoes of the people it's about, and imagine if you'd have reacted the same way. As empathetic as we may each feel we are, this process still involves projecting a magnitude of assumptions about the other person's experience which we simply cannot know. We naturally assume that people experience life _generally_ the same way we do: sure, their circumstances may be different, but we're all equal and we all make choices basically the same way. But it isn't true. We each see the world through a series of lenses, and it's not really possible to remove those lenses. The best we can do is be aware of the lenses, and that other people have different lenses. I'm not suggesting this article is right or wrong; just that those of us who feel very strongly about it in one direction or the other should, perhaps, acknowledge that theirs is not the _only_ legitimate perspective. If you're interested in learning more about lenses, privilege, and why we often feel defencive when confronted by it, I highly recommend [this book](https://www.amazon.com/White-Fragility-People-About-Racism/dp/0807047414 https://www.amazon.com/White-Fragility-People-About-Racism/d...).