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Let me preface my comment by mentioning something which shouldn't matter but this news requires it - I am brown. This is one of the stupidest things I have seen

Let me preface my comment by mentioning something which shouldn't matter but this news requires it - I am brown. This is one of the stupidest things I have seen come out of the people who think force diversity is a good thing. Why can't we simply treat people by their character and merit instead of things like race, sex or sexual orientation when those things have nothing to do with whether you can run a business or not? This rule is the definition of racism and sexism. Also how exactly do they plan on figuring out whether someone is straight or not? As a brown immigrant, I have seen a lot more racism towards white people than others. “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” ― Martin Luther King Jr. 1963

keanzu 7y ago
> I am brown "If you’re not prepared to come to that table and represent that voice, don’t come, because we don’t need any more brown faces that don’t want to be a brown voice." "We don’t need black faces that don’t want to be a black voice" -Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, Massachusetts 7th You have been found guilty of wrongthink, please report to the Ministry of Truth for reeducation.
- dang 7y ago
  Please don't take HN threads further into ideological flamewar. The GP's comment was fine for HN because it was grounded in specific personal experience. This comment is bad for HN because it's just inflammatory talking points. Please don't do those here. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html