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Then solve the exclusion problem. Don't pretend it has already been solved by naming things after black people. It's like taking a painkiller and thinking your

Then solve the exclusion problem. Don't pretend it has already been solved by naming things after black people. It's like taking a painkiller and thinking your broken arm is fixed. Fix the problem, not the symptom.

philistine 6y ago
That is one important way you fix the problem, by honouring again and again the few examples of minority success. Stop trying to prevent black people from receiving praise.
- Thorentis 6y ago
  I hope you're joking. There is nothing more dishonoring and patronizing than to change the goal posts for somebody, just because of their race.
  - starpilot 6y ago
    Speaking from your vast experience as a POC, I'm sure. I guess you'd be ok if I spoke for white people?
    - Thorentis 6y ago
      Yeah, I'm okay with other people having opinions. Please share yours rather than telling people who can and can't have one.
guerrilla 6y ago
One can do both, like we do with most diseases.