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A comment on Ask HN: Why is the hacker scene so hostile to women and black people?.

Re:Ask HN: Why is the hacker scene so hostile to women and b... by lolwutf on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @02:36AM (#6879467)
This is bullshit.

There is no such hostility.

Way to generate a conversation around a topic where you provide no hard evidence of any of the claims you're making.

Here's a popular black coder: https://twitter.com/seanlilmateus

Here's a popular woman coder: https://twitter.com/ericasadun

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the hacker scene so hostile to women and b... by jd0 on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @02:44AM (#6879486)
Thanks for the anecdotes - I'm looking at statistics. The hostility may not be apparent (to you) but it's structural and it's real.

see this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6879195

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