Wait, isn't exactly this discrimination? Selecting or not selecting someone based on his/her skin color?
“What Did You Do?”
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#12Why is it just a black nothing as the picture?
From an Instagram thread where I asked my friend the same quesiton...
Me: "Hey there, you're latest post is all black. Is that a reference to the civil unrest & injustice in the USA at the moment? I'm a bit out of the loop being out of country."
My friend: "It is - in short, people are “muting” themselves on social media to stand in solidarity with our black peers and to amplify black voices right now"
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#13Instead of everyone here nitpicking on how this action is too little, or not meaningful enough, or misguided, or whatever other criticism you can think of, just acknowledge that he is trying to do something. He is not seeking your approval or accolades. But actually doing something is more than posting comments on HN, so there's that.
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#14Too little, too late. Reddit had a chance to ban T_D and other hateful subreddits many years ago and didn't.
So T_D quit reddit and went over to theDonald.win not because of reddit's censorship?
I’m not sure I follow. Could you rephrase?
I think you’re trying to say: Reddit’s partial censorship has been effective. For example, T_D is abandoned.
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#15Instead of everyone here nitpicking on how this action is too little, or not meaningful enough, or misguided, or whatever other criticism you can think of, just acknowledge that he is trying to do something. He is not seeking your approval or accolades. But actually doing something is more than posting comments on HN, so there's that.
As I write this, there are 12 comments here, and every single one other than yours is disgusting. It seems Reddit isn't the only collection of self-centered people lacking empathy or any drive at all to understand the world around them.
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#17> I’m writing this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: “What did you do?” The rationalisation here is crazy. Dude with a black wife and a black daughter espouses some sort of moral requirement to quit his board role? There is no sense there. If there is a perspective here that makes sense; it needs elaboration. It seems more likely he is dropping off the board for a different,…
Why does it seem more likely?
Part of the problem of systemic racism is lack of representation. If you aren’t getting representation for your community then your issues are less likely to be addressed.
Why can’t he feel a sense of moral obligation to have members of our community be represented in seats of power?
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#18Instead of everyone here nitpicking on how this action is too little, or not meaningful enough, or misguided, or whatever other criticism you can think of, just acknowledge that he is trying to do something. He is not seeking your approval or accolades. But actually doing something is more than posting comments on HN, so there's that.
As I write this, there are 12 comments here, and every single one other than yours is disgusting. It seems Reddit isn't the only collection of self-centered people lacking empathy or any drive at all to understand the world around them.
It is irrational to compensate a negative event now incoherently with positive discrimination.
It's like saying: Germany started World War 2, now Germany must send soldiers to stop Syrian war to compensate its bad karma.
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#19> I’m writing this as a father who needs to be able to answer his black daughter when she asks: “What did you do?” The rationalisation here is crazy. Dude with a black wife and a black daughter espouses some sort of moral requirement to quit his board role? There is no sense there. If there is a perspective here that makes sense; it needs elaboration. It seems more likely he is dropping off the board for a different,…
Why does it seem more likely? Part of the problem of systemic racism is lack of representation. If you aren’t getting representation for your community then your issues are less likely to be addressed. Why can’t he feel a sense of moral obligation to have members of our community be represented in seats of power?
Traditionally when someone invokes their family while stepping down from a board it means there was either a major screw up, a sex scandal or a health crisis. It is normal not to get a straightforward reason for why someone resigns a powerful position.
> Why can’t he feel a sense of moral obligation to have members of our community be represented in seats of power?
His family is blacker than something like 80% of American families. He is "urging" a black replacement rather than identifying "this is the black candidate we have decided to replace me with". His daughter is going to be one of the American elite - this "able to answer" business is a transparent emotional play. She will crush everyone in this HN thread with the opportunities and material comforts that she will enjoy.
The blog post doesn't quite mesh. Balance of probabilities; there is more to this story that is not obvious. It isn't a basic moral decision.
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#20Instead of everyone here nitpicking on how this action is too little, or not meaningful enough, or misguided, or whatever other criticism you can think of, just acknowledge that he is trying to do something. He is not seeking your approval or accolades. But actually doing something is more than posting comments on HN, so there's that.
Really saddened to see the negativity in the comments surrounding this post.