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Maybe HN (and the web) has become less US-centric and more global? In Europe the issue is marginal to say the least, in Asia I believe they don't even consider
by idiocratic 6y ago
Maybe HN (and the web) has become less US-centric and more global? In Europe the issue is marginal to say the least, in Asia I believe they don't even consider it news-worthy, and so on. The opposite of "defining" for most of the planet.
- hckr_news 6y agoWeren’t Europeans on the street marching in solidarity? I wouldn’t dismiss it entirely as a US issue.
- loopz 6y agoGlobal solidarity demos against racism gets lost on US-only centrism.
- ananth22by7 6y agoThose of us in browsing HN and tech news in India find the inundation of BLM posts unrelatable. Tech and product is something people across the world can relate to. US-centric political issues are not.