> For the sake of argument: I would perhaps argue that the skepticism itself, which is held by many in tech at the moment, could be collectively considered inst

> For the sake of argument: I would perhaps argue that the skepticism itself, which is held by many in tech at the moment, could be collectively considered institutionally racist. Well, if all racism is, is some deserved skepticism then I guess it isn't at all important. Or, is that not the message you're trying to send? You aren't steel-manning Gebru's points, you're weakening the entire argument until what you hear she's said could be made to fit. > you had issued what you viewed as an entirely reasonable ultimatum That's 100% incompatible with asking for the identities of your anonymous reviewers. Even if you were to demonstrate a problem with a anonymous you do it with the label 'Reviewer 1'. That's how it's been done forever and it should be obvious why.