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How often and how likely are you, yourself, likely to be a target of racist language? And how keyed into the more subtle forms of racism are you? I mean these a
by wonderzombie 14y ago
How often and how likely are you, yourself, likely to be a target of racist language? And how keyed into the more subtle forms of racism are you? I mean these as serious questions, not rhetorically.
The thing is, you have to be really careful about selection bias and confirmation bias, here. This example happened to be one of the most egregious examples, the easiest to spot. A lot of the more subtle cues will fly right over your head, especially since a lot of behavior with racist over- or undertones is not something white people are exposed to or experience. (I include myself in this statement.)
Granted, I am assuming you are white, chiefly based on the demographics of HN and the tech community in general.
- chaostheory 14y ago> How often and how likely are you, yourself, likely to be a target of racist language? I'm not white, but I'm still extremely not likely to be a target of racist language. In most tech offices, they try to do a good job to avoid unnecessary lawsuits that can cost in the millions. I also feel that tech offices tend to have more educated people on a whole, which massively helps. > And how keyed into the more subtle forms of racism are you? I'm aware. "subtle cues" do not "fly right over" my head
- wonderzombie 14y ago> I'm aware. "subtle cues" do not "fly right over" my head Fair enough. On the basis of the previous threads on this topic, it seems to me, at least, that most HNers who bothered to comment didn't or don't get it.