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What white men never get, and this is just an observation, I have no sides or deep interest in this mess, is a comment like: "this makes me re-think hiring whit
by czr80 14y ago
What white men never get, and this is just an observation, I have no sides or deep interest in this mess, is a comment like: "this makes me re-think hiring white men, they're not worth the drama". I've seen a few of those around the place regarding Ms Richards.
- mladenkovacevic 14y agoAlso if a man did this, it wouldn't even register on the internet's "burn-the-hypocrite" scale and I would actually be able to read something else on HN.
- vor_ 14y agoI don't really think this is a worthwhile route to go down. Someone could very well argue that if a man took a woman's picture because he overheard her making a vagina joke, it wouldn't have gotten any serious attention at all. Adria's complaint was taken seriously, at least by the conference organizers and the employer of the man who was fired, because she was a woman, and women are most often the recipient of sexism, especially in tech. Therefore, it's vital to take a stand against those who exploit that attention through their own cynical motives.
- vor_ 14y agoI don't know if anyone has actually said they won't be hiring women because of Adria Richards. What people have definitely said is that Richards may have hurt gender relations by causing male techies to be nervous around female co-workers. This was actually the most common reaction from women to this story, among those that I read. In fact, I think it's a very underappreciated aspect of this tale that so many women sided against her. A lot of them make the same kinds of dick jokes--including, as we now know, Adria Richards.
- pekk 14y agoThat's a pretty crazy comment, but should I think it represents men in general?