I think the idea is that despite the time difference, some black americans in industry find it distasteful because identity is a tricky thing which persists. Th

I think the idea is that despite the time difference, some black americans in industry find it distasteful because identity is a tricky thing which persists. Though this HN thread is really missing that perspective... Anyways, there are plenty of southerners who care a great deal about confederate icons despite being just as far apart in time, why do they care about statues and flags of people who they have never met, who they have never talked to? There's still some sense of being wronged (I once listened to someone from Georgea talk about Sherman's March with a great degree of pain).