Re:Top developers can have a life outside coding
by andrei_says_ on Saturday May 21, 2016 @03:32PM
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>> 20-year-old white guys with no responsibilities and/or with enough income to "buy" more free time
>Good old racism and man hate is doing just fine.
Allow me to point out that racism usually applies to people who are experiencing oppression because of not being white. This has to do with a society which has created structures and institutions that give white people privilege at the expense of everyone else.
Same goes for sexism.
Thus, white males live at the top of a pyramid of oppression, without seeing it.
Privilege is transparent for the privileged. It's like playing a game on easy and wondering why everyone else is complaining.
Well, other people are playing at different difficulty -- people of color on "hard" and "berserk" modes, women of color on "insanely hard." And they don't get to choose their level.
This is why, as a white male, I try to not get defensive and blame the ones who point out the existing institutionalized oppression in being "(reverse) racist" or "man-hating".
>Good old racism and man hate is doing just fine.
Allow me to point out that racism usually applies to people who are experiencing oppression because of not being white. This has to do with a society which has created structures and institutions that give white people privilege at the expense of everyone else.
Same goes for sexism.
Thus, white males live at the top of a pyramid of oppression, without seeing it.
Privilege is transparent for the privileged. It's like playing a game on easy and wondering why everyone else is complaining.
Well, other people are playing at different difficulty -- people of color on "hard" and "berserk" modes, women of color on "insanely hard." And they don't get to choose their level.
This is why, as a white male, I try to not get defensive and blame the ones who point out the existing institutionalized oppression in being "(reverse) racist" or "man-hating".