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by theorique 11y ago
But specifically "white, male, young" outgroup person that I want to demonize.
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by theorique 11y ago
"tech bro" is like the n-word for a software engineer. It's demeaning, dehumanizing, and offensive. The writer needs to pick a less offensive word to describe precisely what he means.
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by theorique 11y ago
CRT is a "theory" in the sense of "literary theory", not in the sense of "theory of electrodynamics". It is far, far away from science or empiricism, and yet it is used to inform law and policy. Insanity
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by theorique 11y ago
For contrast, look how Pax Dickinson was fired from the CTO role at Business Insider for his joking tweets that were perceived as anti-black racist. Such tweets were on a personal account, unrelated to work matters, and obviously ironic j
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by theorique 11y ago
If "white privilege" or "white supremacy" were actually a thing, then a person who said something like that would be summarily fired. The fact that he's not means that their hated white boogeyman is an illusion. The
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by theorique 11y ago
So their physical death is faked, but they are effectively dead to the community because of the breach of trust.
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by theorique 11y ago
"Person of color" is essentially a tortured, PC, language construction intended to enable people to avoid saying "non-white" (which, while descriptive, is apparently insensitive or something like that). So, for example,
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by theorique 11y ago
I found that pretty disturbing - right near the start was the claim that Silicon Valley was "too white". I thought the article was supposed to be about efforts made to empower blacks, but when the writer drops a phrase like that,
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by theorique 11y ago
In Japan, sometimes it is.
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by theorique 11y ago
If I'm going to give a lousy, insincere public apology, I prefer it to be "sorry you chose to take offense at my actions. I didn't mean for that to happen". Might as well go all in if I'm not actually sorry and don&
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by theorique 11y ago
The rich Arab nations like Saudi and Qatar aren't accepting any refugees. (Wonder why not...) They prefer that such migrants should travel to Europe, who are naively taking those migrants in.
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by theorique 11y ago
This is at least in part due to their bad habit of depending on the partisan SPLC for "hate group" data. SPLC is in the business of making so-called "hate groups" into terrible bogeymen, because SPLC reaps significant fi
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by theorique 11y ago
If we're going to blame the employers, can someone show me that there's a disproportionately large number of unemployed minority engineers that are seeking work but not getting it? Makes sense, but I'd say it should be a di
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by theorique 11y ago
A good reference on this phenomenon: http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-adv-asian-race...
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by theorique 11y ago
What is wrong with the statement "We won't lower the bar"? It is the legacy of the famous Griggs vs Duke Power case. Requiring IQ tests to filter employees was found to have "disparate impact" with respect to dif
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by theorique 11y ago
There's probably a language factor involved as well. An otherwise brilliant programmer can scrape by with spotty English, but it's a lot harder for a founder or an executive.
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by theorique 11y ago
What is the problem with saying that cultures with differing levels of technological and social complexity present different sets of cognitive challenges to their members? If the word "primitive" bothers you, substitute "lowe
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by theorique 11y ago
They don't need to outbreed us - they are just sending us their displaced population, costing €700K per head in social services for "integration". And of those refugees "integrated" at vast expense, how many are alr
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by theorique 11y ago
So it's not Communist in the same way as Europe. There are a lot of social programs and subsidies, though. Arrive illegally and watch the abundance of state and federal programs intended to help you, all funded by the US taxpayer.
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by theorique 11y ago
They are probably smoking American Spirits or similar "all-organic" tobacco that costs a couple bucks more per pack. Much healthier, of course.
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by theorique 11y ago
Can definitely confirm about yoga, pilates, social dance.
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Rails adds a Code of Conduct(github.com)
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by theorique 11y ago
Gentrification is often driven by young, gay men and "creatives" - communities who cluster together and want affordable houses. Once the neighborhoods is "cleaned up" and full of hip businesses, the chains come in and th
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by theorique 11y ago
One of the best explainers of the term is William Lind. http://www.academia.org/the-origins-of-political-correctness...
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by theorique 11y ago
What would "forcing" look like? Typically forcing someone to do something requires power - political, financial, or other. When engineers have something that managers or investors desperately want (e.g. Zuckerberg et al), then eng
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by theorique 11y ago
One hopes its something reasonable like: "If you don't like the show, don't watch it."
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by theorique 11y ago
I agree - I think the backlash is because "frat party" is supposed to exclude women. Never mind that "frat" refers to the location, and not the attendees. Any actual "frat party" that I ever attended in college
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by theorique 11y ago
Asians started killing white Americans to get into the Ivy League? I think I missed that one.
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by theorique 11y ago
see from the outset that they will have to work twice as hard to be only equally respected in the industry 'citation needed' When I work with females who do the work, and don't turn into weird drama queens, they get equival
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by theorique 11y ago
In this case: frat excludes females. A typical American university "frat party" is hosted at a fraternity, and also welcomes attendees of both sexes. The drinking-to-excess issue is a separate issue from the party theme. It so

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