What It's Like to Be a Black Mathematician

Re:What It's Like to Be a Black Mathematician by sctb on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:13PM (#19193968)

We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19193568.

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Re:What It's Like to Be a Black Mathematician by willpiers on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:23PM (#19194047)

why? I don't mind being downvoted, and I enjoy reading the responses. Is it infringing on peoples' safe spaces?

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Re:What It's Like to Be a Black Mathematician by dang on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:32PM (#19194143)

Because if you toss off a low-information provocation in an inflammatory thread, that's trolling whether you meant to or not. (But indulging in an in-your-face phrase like "safe spaces" makes me think that maybe you did mean to.)

The result tends to be flamewar. Flamewars are equal parts dumb and predictable. Also, we're trying for this place not to turn into scorched earth.

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Re:What It's Like to Be a Black Mathematician by willpiers on Monday February 18, 2019 @03:51PM (#19194326)

really did not intend to troll in the first place - maybe a little in the second. I find the sensitivity level here a bit shocking. thanks for the response though - I'll take the feedback and add supporting info in the future.

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Re:What It's Like to Be a Black Mathematician by dang on Monday February 18, 2019 @06:19PM (#19195388)

Appreciated!

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Re:What It's Like to Be a Black Mathematician by porphyrogene on Monday February 18, 2019 @04:29PM (#19194629)

This is an attempt to squash meaningful discussion. The right-wing bias of HN moderators is readily apparent, as usual.

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