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 eldaisfish on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:00AM (#34679327)

way to miss the point and your argument is a strawman.

People on IRC didn't care about "Who you were" because the assumption was that you came from privilege. Privilege usually translated to white, urban, heterosexual male. Those groups said some horrible things about other communities because they felt the space was "safe".

Now that this is changing and calling people "orientals" or "gay" is no longer acceptable, there is an attempt to rewrite history - as you are trying to do here.

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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by slackfan on Monday February 06, 2023 @11:17AM (#34679612)

Privilege is not assumed, it is given. Who is this privelege given by?

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Re:Tell HN: DEI initiatives undermine the self esteem of PoC... by raxxorraxor on Tuesday February 07, 2023 @10:23AM (#34693958)

I thought people on IRC are far more likely to be social outcasts. Yes, there was vulgarity, but to say this was indicative of prejudices misses the point by far.

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