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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by winrid on Saturday January 11, 2020 @06:54PM (#22023326)
How do people find that offensive?
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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by big_chungus on Saturday January 11, 2020 @07:49PM (#22023570)
It is probably best known as part of nazi ideology: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan

This is no the only use, of course, but that doesn't matter. Good luck being a Hindu and displaying a swastika.

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by saagarjha on Saturday January 11, 2020 @09:42PM (#22024109)
Or being ethnically Aryan :/
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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by wizzwizz4 on Sunday January 12, 2020 @07:33AM (#22025997)
> Scholars point out that, even in ancient times, the idea of being an "Aryan" was religious, cultural and linguistic, not racial. — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan
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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by saagarjha on Sunday January 12, 2020 @07:38AM (#22026010)
Right, it's an ethnic concept: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indo-Aryan_peoples
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