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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by 6nf on Thursday April 26, 2018 @10:24PM (#16938011)
If someone is being treated badly on SO - but there's no way to know the race or gender of that person, how can you say the bad treatment is because of their race or gender?
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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by dbt00 on Friday April 27, 2018 @01:19AM (#16938604)
You're arguing against something that nobody said. Neither this post nor the people supporting this change on this thread and elsewhere have claimed that SO users admins or moderators are being explicitly or implicitly biased by race or gender in the way they are treating new users.

What they did say is that the general level of hostility leveled at all newcomers is something that users who are women and minorities frequently find unwelcoming and makes them feel uncomfortable about using stackoverflow at all.

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Re:Stack Overflow Isn’t Very Welcoming – It’s Time for That ... by your-nanny on Friday April 27, 2018 @09:53AM (#16940758)
I don't mean to be rude, but I think you are missing the point. Please read my comment again.
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