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Posted byFlamboyantOstrichin/community_design-Aug 28, 2016 at 8:34 PMΔ

Can Software Make You Less Racist?

Can Software Make You Less Racist?

I don't think we computer geeks appreciate how profoundly the rise of the smartphone, and Facebook, has changed the Internet audience. It's something that really only happened in the last five years, as smartphones and data plans dropped radically in price and became accessible - and addictive - to huge segments of the population.

codinghorror.com
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  • AnonEveAlkaAug 28, 2016 at 9:02 PM

    I don't like the way this article contrasts "bigoted racist/homophobic old people" versus "pious progressive young people". If recent political events have taught us anything, it's that young people, especially but not limited to cis straight white men in their 20s, can be super duper bigoted.

    Are there progressive septuagenarians? Sure there are. But not many.

    Like. You know there are gay, trans, black, Asian, etc. septuagenarians, right? The only old people who exist aren't cis straight white people. This is a mistake I see a lot of well-meaning allies make and I kind of hate it.

    • FlamboyantOstrichAug 28, 2016 at 9:39 PM

      Yeah I thought some parts of the post were interesting, but he did harp on that quite a bit too much, and while I get that he was trying to make a statistical point, it came across not great.

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