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Re:Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired' by neonate on Monday June 29, 2020 @02:14AM (#23674870)
It might simply be that "comments promoting allyship" are off-putting. They very easily become preachy, and if it feels like a third party inserting themselves and telling me what to think, I get irritated. The comments by the black programmers in this thread are a million times more interesting. Sometimes I feel like all the loudest voices in this debate are white and that just has to be wrong.

I don't mean this to make an argument, I just heard you about feeling frustrated and wanted to offer a possible explanation.

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Re:Viewpoint: 'I feel like I was accidentally hired' by komali2 on Monday June 29, 2020 @04:24PM (#23682372)
Accusations of virtue signalling (becoming preachy) are a pretty common way to dismiss people arguing that systemic racism is a problem. What's further frustrating is that last I checked, the debates are raging far more in threads like this one, while the black programmers telling their experiences were comparatively empty of comments.
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