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I would be sympathetic to his sort of criticism except for the fact that it's really political who you're allowed to deride as "changing the culture". I mean, i
by A_COMPUTER 12y ago
I would be sympathetic to his sort of criticism except for the fact that it's really political who you're allowed to deride as "changing the culture". I mean, if he was complaining about all those darn Chinese or Mexicans changing the culture of San Francisco, he would have a problem. Not that I think the criticisms would be equivalent, but simply that it proves that people don't really think "culture" of a place is sacrosanct.
- walshemj 12y agoQuite I said as much and got down voted for my pains
- swatow 12y agoYour point is different. The other poster's point is that wanting to preserve SF's culture against tech workers, is like wanting to preserve a city's culture against Chinese/Mexicans. Your point is that the article is really concerned about Indian immigration. I agree that there is anti-Indian/Chinese sentiment, but I don't think this is the main driver of the article. The animosity against White nerds is real, and proportionately fewer tech workers from India or China live in SF (they live in the greater bay area)
- walshemj 12y agoThat's not how I read it and when a white 70 year old uses terms like "different breed" I would bet he doesn't "really" mean white males. This is a "dog whistle" term