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Re:I’m a white guy in Silicon Valley and I’m done buying the... by forgottenpass on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @04:49PM (#10155597)
A guy on Hacker News posted a theory that discrimination in startup culture came from it's connection to MBA-culture, not nerd-culture. You might enjoy hearing his take on it:

Comment https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9942837 The blog post linked to in the comment https://michaelochurch.wordpress.com/2014/01/05/vc-istan-8-t...

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Re:I’m a white guy in Silicon Valley and I’m done buying the... by GFK_of_xmaspast on Wednesday September 02, 2015 @12:25PM (#10160321)
I don't think this analysis stands up to the observation that many non-SV nerdcultures have severe problems genderwise.

(Also it should be pointed out that that dude got a ban (not a hellban or slowban, a real ban) from this forum for a gender-based insult)

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