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How SBF(FTX) used his status as the right kind of "White Boy" to con the world.

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Re: How SBF(FTX) used his status as the right kind of "White Boy" to con the world.

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Post by nemo »

richbell wrote: post #9
nemo wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>For now, let’s be clear that I hate using them, but for the sake of brevity and ease of understanding I shall continue to use these misguided – and frankly, insidious – labels.

I read the article, I'm just pointing out that asking someone who is provoked by an intentionally provocative article — even if just for clicks — is silly. Not to mention that "white" or "black" has different connotations than "white boy" or "black boy".

If you read it then you'll be familiar with his response to that criticism, and given the responses, I'd say he's right.

Re: How SBF(FTX) used his status as the right kind of "White Boy" to con the world.

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Post by jjulius »

chatterhead wrote: post #10
dang wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

" Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead. " https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: you've unfortunately been breaking the site guidelines quite badly lately. Could you please stop doing that?

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Re: How SBF(FTX) used his status as the right kind of "White Boy" to con the world.

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Post by abigail95 »

dang wrote: post #7
chatterhead wrote: post #3

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" Please don't pick the most provocative thing in an article or post to complain about in the thread. Find something interesting to respond to instead. " https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html Edit: you've unfortunately been breaking the site guidelines quite badly lately. Could you please stop doing that?

Change your rules then, the title of the piece is "White Boy".

What the title of the piece means and its implications is up for discussion.

If you don't like it - don't read it.

Re: How SBF(FTX) used his status as the right kind of "White Boy" to con the world.

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Post by xqcgrek2 »

Yup, SBF clearly had the whole schtick of "MIT genius tech bro" scam down to an art. It would have never worked if he were not a from a supposedly elite institution (which increasingly, is viewed by many to be a dumpster fire) and was not of the right with the correct socioeconomic status.

Re: How SBF(FTX) used his status as the right kind of "White Boy" to con the world.

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Post by TurkishPoptart »

stevedewald wrote: post #17

The title of this article is pretty offensive. I don’t want to read it. Is there some context that makes the racial slur appropriate here? Or we allow it because racism against white people is in vogue?

I agree that it is offensive. He's an elite, based on his education. And I guess he was high-IQ, too. He's probably Jewish, too, and history tells us that (some, not all) Jewish people have only been considered "white" until recently. Lesson: race is relative, and this author of the article is race-baiting for clicks.

Re: How SBF(FTX) used his status as the right kind of "White Boy" to con the world.

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Post by richbell »

nemo wrote: post #11
richbell wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read the article, I'm just pointing out that asking someone who is provoked by an intentionally provocative article — even if just for clicks — is silly. Not to mention that "white" or "black" has different connotations than "white boy" or "black boy".

If you read it then you'll be familiar with his response to that criticism, and given the responses, I'd say he's right.

That doesn't make it not provocative. It also misses the mark, in my opinion, by failing to mention how insanely well-connected SBF is.
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