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Re:Why are most programmers white males? by noonespecial on Sunday May 07, 2017 @10:06AM (#14285505)
No. The privilege part is that you can be unpopular and still be safe and successful.

To the less privileged fitting in just right can be a matter of survival.

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Re:Why are most programmers white males? by smsm42 on Sunday May 07, 2017 @04:53PM (#14287606)
The problem here is that survival while being unpopular is taken as the evidence of existence of privilege. So whether you are popular or not, both is the evidence that you are privileged.
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Re:Why are most programmers white males? by lotsoflumens on Sunday May 07, 2017 @07:52PM (#14288350)
survival? Have we all been transported to Bartertown?
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