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Do people of color ever roll their eyes at websites like this? Does it ever just seem silly? edit: I am white, and my question is not for white people. I call

Do people of color ever roll their eyes at websites like this? Does it ever just seem silly? edit: I am white, and my question is not for white people. I call it “peopleofcoloronhackernews” :^)

skizm 4y ago
"POCIT" was too good of an acronym to pass up on.
balls187 4y ago
No. It's nice to see positive stories being highlighted.
kenjackson 4y ago
It’s a little on the nose, but the point is to be an example for other people of color. An illustration that this type of work can be done by “us”. What I don’t like is when the claims are needlessly exaggerated.
- colpabar 4y ago
  I can understand that. I just can't not draw the comparison to the way we segregate sports by sex, since males are generally bigger and stronger than females, and I wonder if any POCs see stuff like this in a similar way. And to clarify - I am not suggesting there is any similarity to that and intelligence, I am just pointing out that websites like this sort of make it seem like that's the case. Please don't assume this is racism, I am here to gain perspective about something I don't understand.
drc500free 4y ago
It seems like you want them to. Why is that? I would think a good number of under-represented people would be interested and maybe inspired.
- colpabar 4y ago
  I'm genuinely curious what they think, because I am not one, and yeah websites like this do seem kind of silly to me. My question was also for them, and I'm guessing since you said "them" and "I would think", you are white, so why are you responding to it? I understand the intention; I am asking about the actual effect.
kache_ 4y ago
it's pretty offensive to me, what the huwites would call a racial bipoc look! he did a thing even though he's one of those XYZs!
- colpabar 4y ago
  > look! he did a thing even though he's one of those XYZs! This is exactly what I was wondering. I think I'd feel the exact same way.
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braingenious 4y ago
I don’t really mind when people make websites about others folks like me in tech. I do roll my eyes when people ignore the contents of an interesting article and unprompted go out of their way to inform everybody that they find the existence of sites like that to be silly.
- PKop 4y ago
  You wouldn't approve of a "Whites in tech" blog so why be so self righteous about this?
  - braingenious 4y ago
    Hi do you have any thoughts about bricks made with plastic or are you just here to air your grievances about some perceived cultural slight?
    - PKop 4y ago
      When a blog is titled "Black Woman Engineer Turns Plastic Into Bricks That Are Reportedly Stronger Than Concrete" on a blog called People of Color in Tech, it's going to get commented on, don't be naive. Maybe if these qualifiers aren't worthy of discussion, they shouldn't be used. If the article was titled "Engineer does X.." on a tech blog not singling out a particular race, it wouldn't be an issue. If bricks and plastic were all that mattered, they wouldn't mention race all over the website. Ctrl+F "Black" on main page... does race matter or doesn't it?
      - braingenious 4y ago
        > If the article was titled "Engineer does X.." on a tech blog The title on HN is: Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete I clicked on it and read it because of that. I am, unfortunately for the sake of this conversation, of the opinion that it’s an article about somebody that made plastic bricks. I understand that you appear to have read some sort of referendum about race that didn’t involve engineering or bricks. If you scroll around the rest of the responses to this article, you’ll find that many people are discussing bricks. Considering that so many of these people, myself included, have completely mistaken the subject of this article, I encourage you to continue complaining about race! Thank you for your bravery, without your valuable input, nobody would know how important it is to be offended by this!
chrsw 4y ago
No, it doesn't show up on the scale of concern over people who are skeptical of my ability and dismiss my contributions because they're blinded by bias.
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Do people of color ever roll their eyes at websites like this? Does it ever just seem silly? edit: I am white, and my question is not for white people. I call it “peopleofcoloronhackernews” :^)

skizm 4y ago

"POCIT" was too good of an acronym to pass up on.

balls187 4y ago

No. It's nice to see positive stories being highlighted.

kenjackson 4y ago

It’s a little on the nose, but the point is to be an example for other people of color. An illustration that this type of work can be done by “us”. What I don’t like is when the claims are needlessly exaggerated.

colpabar 4y ago
I can understand that. I just can't not draw the comparison to the way we segregate sports by sex, since males are generally bigger and stronger than females, and I wonder if any POCs see stuff like this in a similar way. And to clarify - I am not suggesting there is any similarity to that and intelligence, I am just pointing out that websites like this sort of make it seem like that's the case. Please don't assume this is racism, I am here to gain perspective about something I don't understand.

drc500free 4y ago

It seems like you want them to. Why is that? I would think a good number of under-represented people would be interested and maybe inspired.

colpabar 4y ago
I'm genuinely curious what they think, because I am not one, and yeah websites like this do seem kind of silly to me. My question was also for them, and I'm guessing since you said "them" and "I would think", you are white, so why are you responding to it? I understand the intention; I am asking about the actual effect.

kache_ 4y ago

it's pretty offensive to me, what the huwites would call a racial bipoc look! he did a thing even though he's one of those XYZs!

colpabar 4y ago
> look! he did a thing even though he's one of those XYZs! This is exactly what I was wondering. I think I'd feel the exact same way.

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braingenious 4y ago

I don’t really mind when people make websites about others folks like me in tech. I do roll my eyes when people ignore the contents of an interesting article and unprompted go out of their way to inform everybody that they find the existence of sites like that to be silly.

PKop 4y ago
You wouldn't approve of a "Whites in tech" blog so why be so self righteous about this?
- braingenious 4y ago
  Hi do you have any thoughts about bricks made with plastic or are you just here to air your grievances about some perceived cultural slight?
  - PKop 4y ago
    When a blog is titled "Black Woman Engineer Turns Plastic Into Bricks That Are Reportedly Stronger Than Concrete" on a blog called People of Color in Tech, it's going to get commented on, don't be naive. Maybe if these qualifiers aren't worthy of discussion, they shouldn't be used. If the article was titled "Engineer does X.." on a tech blog not singling out a particular race, it wouldn't be an issue. If bricks and plastic were all that mattered, they wouldn't mention race all over the website. Ctrl+F "Black" on main page... does race matter or doesn't it?
    - braingenious 4y ago
      > If the article was titled "Engineer does X.." on a tech blog The title on HN is: Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete I clicked on it and read it because of that. I am, unfortunately for the sake of this conversation, of the opinion that it’s an article about somebody that made plastic bricks. I understand that you appear to have read some sort of referendum about race that didn’t involve engineering or bricks. If you scroll around the rest of the responses to this article, you’ll find that many people are discussing bricks. Considering that so many of these people, myself included, have completely mistaken the subject of this article, I encourage you to continue complaining about race! Thank you for your bravery, without your valuable input, nobody would know how important it is to be offended by this!

chrsw 4y ago

No, it doesn't show up on the scale of concern over people who are skeptical of my ability and dismiss my contributions because they're blinded by bias.

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