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I think in the last decade, cultural norms in progressive circles have conditioned people to notice and point out when a community lacks racial / gender diversi
by ericjang 5y ago
I think in the last decade, cultural norms in progressive circles have conditioned people to notice and point out when a community lacks racial / gender diversity. For instance, people will pay lip service to the cryptocurrency, AI, cybersecurity, FOSS communities (just to name a few) as being very "white and male" .
Just explaining why, I'm not making a normative claim here.
- 8f2ab37a-ed6c 5y agoIt's something that members of the "coastal urban elite" progressive circles like to say to affirm their allegiance to the group, without actually having to put in any effort in fixing the alleged issues beyond Twitter activism. It's a way to belong, without sacrificing much and making the purity spiral worse than it already is. It's considered especially enlightened and tasteful when regularly repeated by a white male. Costs you nothing, makes you look good.
- brendoelfrendo 5y agoGood gracious, your attitude irritates me to no end. What on earth kind of omniscient insights do you have about these people that you can proclaim that their activism starts and ends with Twitter? And why do you seem to think it's impossible for a white male to genuinely believe that their position of privilege can and should be challenged?