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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by hitekker on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:24PM (#11049953)
I wasn't aware of this history. One thing to note is the sentence that precedes 'reverse'-ism:

>Our open source community prioritizes marginalized people’s safety over privileged people’s comfort. We will not act on complaints regarding: > ‘Reverse’ -isms, including ‘reverse racism,’ ‘reverse sexism,’ and ‘cisphobia’

Coded language for sanctioned discrimination.

Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by malandrew on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:40PM (#11050051)
It also fails to understand and accommodate intersectionality needs with respect to cognitive diversity.

Related reading:

Tact Filter: http://www.mit.edu/~jcb/tact.html

Ozark English: http://ozarque.livejournal.com/176349.html

When Nerds Collide: https://medium.com/@maradydd/when-nerds-collide-31895b01e68c

Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by rashkov on Sunday February 07, 2016 @12:24AM (#11051747)
Thanks for the great reads and a fresh perspective (to me)
Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by Laaw on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:33PM (#11050017)
I'm okay with it, because I can get a job elsewhere. Some minorities can't. I don't need to be able to get a job at GitHub, because for some stupid reason, society has a general bias in favor of me. I can work anywhere, but the folks they're giving a shot are folks who don't have it as good as I do.
Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by malandrew on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:44PM (#11050072)
If this continues to proliferate, instead of achieving a World where minorities have equal opportunity with non-minorities, we will instead end up with a mix of institutions where those in the majority have an advantage and other institutions where those who are minorities have an advantage. This doesn't look like equality, but a reversion to something looking like "separate but equal".
Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by wildmusings on Saturday February 06, 2016 @05:26PM (#11050251)
Every human being should be judged for the content of their character, not the color of their skin.

The law disagrees with you. I can very easily see Github on the losing side of workplace racial discrimination claim here.

Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by Laaw on Saturday February 06, 2016 @08:41PM (#11051096)
I wish your world existed. It doesn't, however, and minority groups need advantages over me in order to get the kinds of jobs I can get.

I hope we can move past this some day, but that's not happening today.

Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by alextgordon on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:51PM (#11050109)
What a load of tosh. Are there no disadvantaged people in America with light coloured skin?
Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by Laaw on Tuesday February 09, 2016 @04:14PM (#11068820)
Because of their skin color? No.

For other reasons? Yeah. They get help too, though.

Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by angersock on Saturday February 06, 2016 @05:15PM (#11050199)
Poor and middle class white people are a figment of your imagination. West Virginia basically is Narnia.