I mean, yes, judge people on the quality of their code, not the colour of their skin. It's opinions like these that make me think that clearly public shame isn't enough to get it into people's heads.

Just because you acknowledge something doesn't mean it's judgement

Where was the judgement?

If I recall correctly (from the other HN discussion) the person in question had vacationed some where tropical and the comment was about how much she had/hadn’t tanned.

I believe the person making the complaint actually raised the topic originally.