Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019?

Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by natestemen on Wednesday December 26, 2018 @09:09PM (#18766711)

I'm glad someone has mentioned this here. It's something our industry is really not taking seriously at all and needs more people pushing for.

As you mentioned company decisions have real racial effects, and those decisions are often made by homogeneous teams that lack diversity and perspective.

If anyone wants a recommendation for reading to build up some knowledge about these issues I would recommend reading "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo. She does a great job breaking down lots of common misunderstandings white people have about race, and why those misunderstandings are created in the first place.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by ryanwaggoner on Thursday December 27, 2018 @06:50AM (#18768941)

I start with a pretty strong bias against any philosophy that counts skepticism of itself as proof of its own existence. It's like a religion that says you know it's true because other people will claim it's not true.

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Re:Ask HN: What skills to acquire in 2019? by davmar on Thursday December 27, 2018 @03:15PM (#18772253)

I'm not sure what you mean by this comment. How does it relate to the discussion on racial equity?

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