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> I feel like most of us understand roughly what 'kentonv means. He unconsciously put Sanjay in an out-group and feels bad about it. But do you feel bad about
by rayiner 10mo ago
> I feel like most of us understand roughly what 'kentonv means. He unconsciously put Sanjay in an out-group and feels bad about it.
But do you feel bad about it because he's brown and you wouldn't think twice about it if he were white? Frankly, the heightened sensitivity feels worse to me than actual racism.
- scott_w 10mo ago> Yes, I actually do think if Sanjay Ghemawat were instead Wojciech Przemysław Kościuszko-Wiśniewski, white European but otherwise an equal engineer, and I chose to elevate Jeff Dean over him, I would later feel equally bad about it. You need to take a breath, read what people write, and stop trying to win the argument.
- ignoramous 10mo ago> stop trying to win the argument Mr Rayiner is a lawyer by profession ;) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11340543 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11340543