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Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai by senthil_rajasek on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:23PM (#23212996)
Everytime a story about India is posted the HN crowd picks apart the negatives of Indian society like caste or poverty. That's the first comment I see when I get here. Always.

STOP THIS!

If you want to focus on the negativity start a separate thread imagine every story about the valley bringing up it's inherent white privilege or racism as the first comment.

Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai by fermienrico on Sunday May 17, 2020 @12:27PM (#23213042)
This is not how HN works.

Criticism and counter points are the reason why I come here. Taking offense to criticism is how we regress as a society. It has nothing to do with racism except that its a construct in one's mind based on prior experiences, biases and taking excessive pride in one's identity/culture. One can still do that, but that should not mean the public is barred from criticism.

Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai by senthil_rajasek on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:02PM (#23213303)
This is a false equivalence. I bet if HN audience were mostly minorities every story would not be critical of non-western cultures.
Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai by fermienrico on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:44PM (#23213644)
What's wrong with criticism of minorities?
Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai by senthil_rajasek on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:53PM (#23214289)
Entitlement.
Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai by papeda on Sunday May 17, 2020 @01:37PM (#23213597)
This article focuses on a delivery network powered by a large pool of cheap, unskilled labor. The role of poverty levels in India is very relevant to this topic. Your comment is also the only one that brings up caste.
Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai by lnreddy on Sunday May 17, 2020 @02:36PM (#23214134)
This is no place for blind nationalism or race baiting. If you don't want to see critical comments, maybe this isn't the right place for you.
Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai by senthil_rajasek on Sunday May 17, 2020 @03:10PM (#23214444)
Hmmmm, it's not blind nationalism but it looks like plain old racism.
Re:A 125-year-old delivery network that feeds Mumbai by ashleshbiradar on Monday May 18, 2020 @05:16AM (#23220164)
criticism a crucial aspects of any discourse. What is wrong with talking about real problems that exist?