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#842> “Meritocracy!”, I hear you cry. “They pick from the most talented students. The ones that worked the hardest to get into the most elite schools. The black students should have just worked harder” Crazy idea: if companies that do virtue signaling on inclusivity were paying their taxes, decent schools could be funded and we would not have so many of those issues. But instead, those companies are actively lobbying to…
Whilst I agree that they should pay their taxes, let's not get confused here: no matter how much the budget is increased, education will not be properly funded because it's not a political priority. Most countries with better education systems don't really invest _that much_ more than the USA, but it's the attitude towards education that counts.
Looking at absolute funding is a bit simplistic in this instance. The problem OP is pointing towards is that some schools are disproportionately bad. In an unequal society where distribution is racially biased, an education system might be superbly funded, while still leaving several district underfunded, yielding the racial bias OP was taking about.
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#843I’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…
As a white dude, I feel really ashamed for this even though I'm not involved in this at all. Sorry man, you deserve a better world.
As a white dude, I feel extremely proud because my ancestors abolished slavery.
Oh wait no I don't, because feeling shame or accomplishment for something your ancestors did hundreds of years ago that you had zero control over is a completely ridiculous concept.
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#844I'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…
I just keep my mouth shut talking to anyone in a minority status, born in the west, that I don't know well. I've seen it go wrong several times so I'm just 100% business. I'll get hate for admitting this, but what am I supposed to do? No one wants to think critically or challenge their beliefs on the matter, so if I'm not willing to 100% toe the line if I do make a mistake then either I have to debase myself in an Or…
> Orwellian "there are two fingers" moment
Would you mind sharing what this means and what the context is? I think I get what you mean, but don't understand the reference.
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#845I 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…
Do you really need to type master/main frequently?
If you're switching branches frequently, or doing a lot of merging you might
Re: GitHub, fuck your name change
#846I 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…
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#847I 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…
The major injustices and crimes of history were profitable because a targeted group was dehumanised for the gain of others. The economic victimisation of black people in the US continues to be profitable.
> it trivializes the movement
As a developer, I am comfortable with the change in terminology. As a human... My phenotypes are different from yours and OP's, but I am certain that if we do not bring the critique to bear against systemic enslavement of people (regardless of "targeted" phenotypes), we have all missed the point and really changed nothing. Who is blacker or whiter or truer to the tribe... these are serviceable distractions.
Slavery is abhorrent to any enlightened human. But slavery existed and continues to exist because those who profit like it that way.
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#848I overall agree with the broad message here. If GitHub, Microsoft, other tech companies cared so much about diversity they'd have an entire recruitment arm for women-only bootcamps and HBSUs.
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#849A lot of people in this industry are not going to like it, but this post needed to be written and is 100% spot on. Wake me up when I can go to an "about our team" page for any of the companies posted on here and not see virtually the same exact team picture, from a diversity perspective, for nearly every company.
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#850Companies do whatever they can in order to avoid being criticized. Nobody really cares about the root cause of things. The thought process is simple: "Company A did this, so we'll do the same, because otherwise they'll blame us for NOT doing that, so we may lose partners and that will affect our revenue".
A great example is advertisement. A lot of tech companies suddenly started to work with black/asian fashion models. This change is obviously driven by movements, similar to BLM. It's not a natural change, not an honest idea coming from a production team. They do it purely from the perspective to shut everyones mouth, so to speak.
These days, everyone expects diversity, except that if you are thinking differently or having a different opinion, then you'll be taunted, banished and then canceled from everywhere. This is not good and goes against principles of innovation. People are scared of being different.
My personal take on master branch thing is that GitHub had to either stay quiet and do nothing OR, if asked to change master to main, say "f*ck you, go build your own company and name things however you want, we are not going to change foundational things just because YOU think master word is offending". Because, what if in 5 years someone is offended by branches being named `main`?