This varies significantly from thread to thread. I remember the threads from the time of the George Floyd protests and they were pretty awful, but most are comp

This varies significantly from thread to thread. I remember the threads from the time of the George Floyd protests and they were pretty awful, but most are completely mundane e.g. I posted a thread about alleged abuse of refugees at some US detention center and it was received as you would expect anywhere else. That being said I am white and male and probably not who you have in mind. HN being white and male is probably more of a thing about it being aimed at programmers than anything else, plus I have a pet theory that something about the male personality values talking nonsense all day about things we have no control over (i.e. Why is Reddit male dominated? The subs I go on are full of completely sexless nerdtalk about politics for example)