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>>White dudes Since when did this become a race thing?

nerdponx 6y ago
It became a race thing when the USA and European powers used race as an explicit justification for the (attempted) rape and enslavement of pretty much the rest of the world.
- thefounder 6y ago
  Do you know that Europe is a continent with many countries?
  - nerdponx 6y ago
    Yes, and many of them were involved. Would it make the downvoters less upset if I wrote "Western European" instead?
ignoramous 6y ago
I didn't mean it in the way you put it, tbh. I meant to highlight the position of privilege the West is in. I just stated what I feel like when I see those tweets, compounded by the reports of the richer countries hoarding vaccines. Canada has procured 8 vaccines per person? Similar figures for the US, the UK, Germany and elsewhere.
- nerdponx 6y ago
  You seem to have struck a nerve with this one. I really hate the term "white fragility", but when I see posts like this heavily downvoted and flagged I can't think of a better explanation.
  - ignoramous 6y ago
    I know. The behaviour here also kind of explains why you couldn't trust White dudes to follow-up on their promise of diversity in tech, either. It is hard to face uncomfortable PoVs when it is easy to silence them from a position of privilege, which you and I know is going to be abused every single time. Kind of makes me sad. On twitter, when I pointed out to a White tech bro that they were endorsing [and donating to] an Indian right-wing militant org, they simply shrugged it off as hard to understand [what's right] from afar. I mean, the org was knee-deep in anti-Muslim riots in the Capital just a year ago. The tweet and the endorsement still stands on their timeline like a slap in the face when the bro's own personal blog says they're all-in for "empathy and diversity". From my PoV, I take it that they refused to be "corrected" by a non-White dude, and that their fragile ego is hurt.

It became a race thing when the USA and European powers used race as an explicit justification for the (attempted) rape and enslavement of pretty much the rest of the world.

thefounder 6y ago
Do you know that Europe is a continent with many countries?
- nerdponx 6y ago
  Yes, and many of them were involved. Would it make the downvoters less upset if I wrote "Western European" instead?

ignoramous 6y ago

I didn't mean it in the way you put it, tbh. I meant to highlight the position of privilege the West is in. I just stated what I feel like when I see those tweets, compounded by the reports of the richer countries hoarding vaccines. Canada has procured 8 vaccines per person? Similar figures for the US, the UK, Germany and elsewhere.

nerdponx 6y ago
You seem to have struck a nerve with this one. I really hate the term "white fragility", but when I see posts like this heavily downvoted and flagged I can't think of a better explanation.
- ignoramous 6y ago
  I know. The behaviour here also kind of explains why you couldn't trust White dudes to follow-up on their promise of diversity in tech, either. It is hard to face uncomfortable PoVs when it is easy to silence them from a position of privilege, which you and I know is going to be abused every single time. Kind of makes me sad. On twitter, when I pointed out to a White tech bro that they were endorsing [and donating to] an Indian right-wing militant org, they simply shrugged it off as hard to understand [what's right] from afar. I mean, the org was knee-deep in anti-Muslim riots in the Capital just a year ago. The tweet and the endorsement still stands on their timeline like a slap in the face when the bro's own personal blog says they're all-in for "empathy and diversity". From my PoV, I take it that they refused to be "corrected" by a non-White dude, and that their fragile ego is hurt.