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Re:YC Open Office Hours for Black and Hispanic Founders by lbotos on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @03:55PM (#10229378)
I'm white. I was once 14. I used to bring in all kinds of hacked together computer things to my high school all the time. I'd even bring in a soldering iron and solder at lunch. I was never arrested or questioned or considered a threat.

Ahmed Mohammed was considered a threat. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34266389

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Re:YC Open Office Hours for Black and Hispanic Founders by balls187 on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @04:57PM (#10229811)
> I'm white. I was once 14.

When was this? I also was once 14, and I look like my name should be Ahmed Mohammed. I too also brought in crazy stuff to school. I was never considered a threat.

Ofc this was 1994, and that was well before mass school shootings, and 9/11 (however it was during the height of gang violence and so any perceived gang affiliation was dealt with in similar manner).

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Re:YC Open Office Hours for Black and Hispanic Founders by lbotos on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @05:11PM (#10229904)
Post 9/11
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Re:YC Open Office Hours for Black and Hispanic Founders by BurningFrog on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:23PM (#10230366)
The sample size and selection of this survey of you and an internet celebrity renders it scientifically useless.
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Re:YC Open Office Hours for Black and Hispanic Founders by copperred on Wednesday September 16, 2015 @06:49PM (#10230511)
Not white privilege, but profiling of Ahmed.
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