Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC within a company

Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by darkwater on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:30AM (#34678791)

> My experience is different, too. I've never experienced these racist/sexists IRC communities in the past either. Sure, there'd be the occasional asshole like everywhere else online, but they'd get warned (and banned eventually).

Would you be part of the target audience, back then? Or you were part of the main group and just remember that "nobody was harassing nobody"?

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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by spoiler on Monday February 06, 2023 @10:45AM (#34679048)

Disclaimer: White gay man here.

So, I experienced homophobia first hand at least.

I've never felt like the communities (any of the tech related ones) were anything but wholesome, though.

Bullshit was immediately called out, and in more severe cases handled by ops (as was I in a few channels).

Again, we are talking about COMMUNITIES. Not INDIVIDUALS.

So, I guess I was (somewhat) in the privileged white male group, but that doesn't mean I'm illiterate or can't reason and feel empathy.

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