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#672Saying that the left spends too much effort on rhetoric might be valid criticism, but focusing on it as reasons to "walk away from the left" (which not too many black Americans are doing, BTW) is disingenuous. Sure, the left talks about rhetoric, but it also fights for higher wages, civil liberties, healthcare, affirmative action, investment in education, workers' rights, and voting rights. It's fine not to like ever…
“ s. Sure, the left talks about rhetoric, but it also fights for higher wages, civil liberties, healthcare, affirmative action, investment in education, workers' rights, and voting rights.” I don’t think the person you are replying to would agree with you about affirmative actions being a good thing. Other than that, the left is super repressive of free speech which is the only civil right left to win , detrimental t…
How is affirmative action a bad thing?
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#673> "We really don’t need to arm police with any shitty, biased facial recognition software. Their eyes already do a perfectly good job of that. George Floyd and Breonna Taylor can both attest to that. I can attest to it."*
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#674The biggest genocide in human history was against people of the Jewish community, yet we are still using words such as:
- boot "camp"
- Let's go "camp"ing
- you need to "concentrate" more
- lots of other words which remind of concentration camps and other cruel crimes against humanity
When will we eradicate those words from our every day language?
Heck we even use the word "work" when we know too well that Nazis used the slogan "Arbeit macht frei" (Work makes free) at the top of Auschwitz.
What does it say about Microsoft that they are still labelling the employees as "workers" and asking them to do some "work".
Maybe Microsoft should rethink the words they use and how they are harmful and contribute to genocide.
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#675I'm a black american and I think it's more racist to attribute the word "master" to master/slave dynamic. Especially when I've always thought of something like "master" in the context of GitHub to refer to a "master" copy. This change is ineffective.
Re: GitHub, fuck your name change
#676The biggest genocide in human history was against people of the Jewish community, yet we are still using words such as: - boot "camp" - Let's go "camp"ing - you need to "concentrate" more - lots of other words which remind of concentration camps and other cruel crimes against humanity When will we eradicate those words from our every day language? Heck we even use the word "work" when we know too well that Nazis used…
If Aliens visited earth, they would see us all and exclaim "WTF!??. Let's go back. This place sucks."
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#677I want to share my own reactions to the name change since this is a really interesting topic. For context, I'm an African American, so many of my ancestors were slaves. - The first time it occurred to me that "master" in this context could offend anyone was when GitHub changed the name (and broke my workflow). - My immediate reaction was, "this change is by white people for white people," where "white" means anyone w…
As another black SWE, I'll add that I disagree with your perspective. I think the name change does more harm than good because it trivializes the movement. If the goal is to change minds and open hearts then where appropriate, we should endeavor to communicate in ways that will be well received by those who need to hear the message. Stuff like this is just preaching to the choir and alienating the rest, but also not actually changing anything that matters in the lives of black people.
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#678I’m a black American and agree with everything that this person in London wrote. It is also a common criticism of the American “left”, and is entirely accurate. For everyone perplexed about black Americans and other people of color walking away from the left, its because you/they don't see us as equals that can be bothered by the exact same things that other Americans can be bothered by: being told what to think, wat…
87% of voting African Americans voted for Biden
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/11/03/us/elections/...
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#679When Darth Vader tells Luke that one day Luke will call him master, is he also committing a microagression? Maybe the writers were, but I doubt it. To most English speakers master just means person in control or source of truth. Or we should retcon Star Wars. Time to ban some more books and film I guess. Yay?
It's DARTH VADER! Of course he is committing a micro-macro-mega-aggression! Maybe Darth Vader isn't your best choice for standards of real-world social discourse?
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#680I'm Asian, wasn't born in America and didn't grew up in America as well. I don't have a horse in this race. I don't feel annoyed to change that term. I'm only annoyed if someone guilt trip me if I don't change the name out of ignorance (i.e, I don't follow politics, no time for social media). I don't think I have any bias against women or minority in tech. Changing main or master or slave doesn't ring a bell or evoke…
Changing the default branch name in git is technically disruptive, therefore annoying to people who have to deal with it.