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Walking While Black

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Re: Walking While Black

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Post by ukulele »

In addition to shedding light on the author's experiences, this is also an excellent piece of writing. It's not what normally shows in HN, but I'm glad it did.

Re: Walking While Black

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Post by yashap »

lokopodium wrote: post #3

Not hacker, not news.

That goes for plenty of articles here, I’ve always felt that Hacker News was for any articles that people in tech might find interesting. I thought this was a great piece, and really well written, I’m glad it was posted here.

Re: Walking While Black

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Post by michaelmrose »

When I was growing up I remember the pride our educational system tried to instill in us and it seems so fake in retrospect. It's impossible to be proud of a nation that is only a land of opportunity for those who are white and middle class.

Its not that I'm not proud to be an American so much as I don't consider myself one I'm just a person who happens to reside here because I don't have better options.

Re: Walking While Black

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Post by lizardskull »

michaelmrose wrote: post #5

When I was growing up I remember the pride our educational system tried to instill in us and it seems so fake in retrospect. It's impossible to be proud of a nation that is only a land of opportunity for those who are white and middle class. Its not that I'm not proud to be an American so much as I don't consider myself one I'm just a person who happens to reside here because I don't have better options.

kanye west considers this a land of oppertunity. I wonder how he lived his life different than you.

Re: Walking While Black

#7

Post by pthreads »

yashap wrote: post #4
lokopodium wrote: post #3

Not hacker, not news.

That goes for plenty of articles here, I’ve always felt that Hacker News was for any articles that people in tech might find interesting. I thought this was a great piece, and really well written, I’m glad it was posted here.

I second that. Also, as a bonus it was through this article that I found out about lithub.

Re: Walking While Black

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Post by rrdharan »

pthreads wrote: post #7
yashap wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That goes for plenty of articles here, I’ve always felt that Hacker News was for any articles that people in tech might find interesting. I thought this was a great piece, and really well written, I’m glad it was posted here.

I second that. Also, as a bonus it was through this article that I found out about lithub.

Same. I’m also cynically surprised GitHub hasn’t sued them for trademark infringement...

Re: Walking While Black

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Post by [deleted] »

yashap wrote: post #4
lokopodium wrote: post #3

Not hacker, not news.

That goes for plenty of articles here, I’ve always felt that Hacker News was for any articles that people in tech might find interesting. I thought this was a great piece, and really well written, I’m glad it was posted here.

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Re: Walking While Black

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Post by Larrikin »

lizardskull wrote: post #6
michaelmrose wrote: post #5

When I was growing up I remember the pride our educational system tried to instill in us and it seems so fake in retrospect. It's impossible to be proud of a nation that is only a land of opportunity for those who are white and middle class. Its not that I'm not proud to be an American so much as I don't consider myself one I'm just a person who happens to reside here because I don't have better options.

kanye west considers this a land of oppertunity. I wonder how he lived his life different than you.

This account seems to exists simply to say nasty one liners about politics and race, with a few "normal" posts mixed in that add very little to the conversation
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