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Re:Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief by jrs99 on Friday July 10, 2015 @07:52PM (#9867738)
Regardless of the intention, they ARE both chinese. So is it really a stretch to see a racist element to this nick name? It is racist by default. I'm not saying that it is a greatly offensive nickname or even unfunny, but for someone to call it racist is not at all a stretch.
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Re:Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief by oldmanjay on Friday July 10, 2015 @07:57PM (#9867753)
Is it racist to acknowledge that Ellen Pao is of Chinese ancestry? I don't get how but I don't get a lot of the modern sensitivities.
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Re:Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief by jrs99 on Friday July 10, 2015 @08:05PM (#9867797)
Certainly if you want to denigrate someone and you bring up their gender or ethnicity, it can be sexist or racist.
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Re:Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief by Khaine on Sunday July 12, 2015 @05:36AM (#9873015)
but they aren't denigrating her because she is Chinese. They are denigrating her because they perceive her to be a terrible CEO, and Chairman Pao is a easy way to belittle what they see as her 'authoritarian' ways
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Re:Ellen Pao Is Stepping Down as Reddit’s Chief by pvnick on Saturday July 11, 2015 @01:12AM (#9868614)
Give it a rest
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