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> South Asians (Indians) are very much over-represented in the "spam commit" category. And so, if people see this enough, they will build up a natural and under
by quadrifoliate 6y ago
> South Asians (Indians) are very much over-represented in the "spam commit" category. And so, if people see this enough, they will build up a natural and understandable annoyance and resistance to future commits from such people.
Try applying this logic to literally anything else in life (say crime statistics) and you will wade into racist territory in short order. I don't see why we get to be the honorable exception.
That all being said, I kind of agree that complaining about it is futile. I think that smart and practical Indian dudes should account for this kind of racism during their career. Hence my advice (which I follow myself) to them to stick to writing proprietary software and improve their skills in that arena. Or play the open source game on extra hard mode, it's their choice really.
- Thorentis 6y agoAre you arguing that stereotypes are bad because they have the potential to be racist, or are you arguing that there is no value in applying a high-pass filter despite the high noise to signal ratio in online interactions?
- quadrifoliate 6y agoVery, very ironically -- my high-pass filter suggests that your comment is edging down the well-trodden "let me convince you that actually, racism is okay in some circumstances" route. So I will bid you a good day!
- Thorentis 6y agoI guess you really are arguing against something purely because you associate it with "the r word". Your argument is: "if you apply x to y, you get z, therefore x is always bad". Complete lack of critical thinking, and purely an emotional reaction to z.