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Racism is discrimination based on race (from a position of power) Whom did Gebru discriminate against, based on their race? No one. That episode is unfortunat

• hintymad 6y ago
  Calling out racism does not make one a racist, for sure. Labeling anyone who disagrees with her a racist, without even a slightly plausible evidence, makes her a racist because all she can see is race. You're right that that's not the standard definition of racism. It's a fair game, though, as people like Gebru pretty much uses racism as a weapon however they like.
  • berdario 6y ago
    > Labeling anyone who disagrees with her a racist Which she doesn't. Most notably, people here have been raising concern about the discussion with Yann Lecun, but that was also just a civil, if tense, discussion. You're better off not twisting the meaning of words to favor your argument, though. It'll just create more problems down the line
    • hintymad 6y ago
      Fair point. "Any" is too strong a word that invites just one counterexample to get debunked. I'd say "in many cases" then, as demonstrated in her Twitter stream and her email. The words like "white men"( such a vile and irrational perspective), "oppressors", "racists" show up often. Case in point, a professor who tells his/her student that the student's life was easy, even though the student had to sleep only four hours a day. Lack of empathy, sure. It's racism without other evidence? Are you kidding me? And her paper was rejected and her immediate reaction is to demand the company to reveal the identity of every reviewer? Yeah, right.