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> from your username I wonder are you on the Chinese side as well? Are you not going to address the racist dog-whistle? You work in San Francisco where many of
by knolax 7y ago
> from your username I wonder are you on the Chinese side as well?
Are you not going to address the racist dog-whistle? You work in San Francisco where many of your fellow Americans actually do have last names like Dang. Maybe you should consider the harm this type of rhetoric does to them when you ignore it.
- tptacek 7y agoHis name is Dan G.
- knolax 7y agoI'm aware, I'm saying there are others who don't have the convenience of saying "actually I'm white" when they get accused of being fifth columnists simply on the basis of their names. Because of that, maybe the mods should actually call out this type rhetoric instead of ignoring it like dang has.
- dang 7y agoThe idea of saying "I'm not Chinese" as if it were a sort of defense is repulsive. If someone assumes that about me as part of attacking or slurring Chinese people, I am honored. The fact that the post was downvoted, flagged, and stupid is signal enough that the comment was unacceptable. Users who are concerned about HN moderation practices around racial (including anti-Chinese) attacks on HN, and personal attacks on HN, won't have a hard time finding examples. Needless to say, this has nothing specifically to do with China or Chinese people. It would be the same for any national or ethnic background. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20chin&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20slur&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20personal%20attack&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...