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1. phoe-k+Ih[view] [source] 2020-06-15 16:39:29
>>Xordev+(OP)
Doing cheap PR moves like blacking out logos or posting Twitter "support" posts from CEO accounts or announcing the end of default branches named "master" is, as I said, cheap. The real issue is dealing with the elephants in the room, such as the aforementioned ICE contract of GitHub.

It is about time that corporations, with GitHub here as an example, noticed that backing this or that or another minority or "trying" to solve some medial issue only where it suits them PR-wise is simply abusing that minority in yet another way; it is a means of using that minority, and all the people who constitute that minority, as a tool for public relation stunts and political "but we support X, see?" newspeak that brings no actual change.

I'm genuinely curious if GitHub does support Black and Brown people enough to actually make that support noticeable for everyday lives of these folk.

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2. hn_thr+9r[view] [source] 2020-06-15 17:13:34
>>phoe-k+Ih
While I may not totally agree with you on the politics, I do totally agree that I have a large discount for words made by corporations when it is the popular thing to do and when there are few negative consequences of them doing it. Yes, words of support matter, and I see nothing wrong with wanting to rename blacklist->blocklist and whitelist->allowlist, but I also can't help but roll my eyes a little when I see a LinkedIn post about this terminology change with 40 responses commending how great an action that was. It feels like the ultimate in slacktivism to me.

For example, at an individual level, there is a lot of good research about how housing segregation is one of the largest continuing drivers in systemic racism in the US. So if you have a bunch of BLM posters in your yard, but at the same time fight tooth-and-nail against any increased density in your neighborhood that might actually lower housing costs where you live, well you should just STFU, or at least realize the underpinnings of your blatant hypocrisy.

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3. phoe-k+9s[view] [source] 2020-06-15 17:17:49
>>hn_thr+9r
> there is a lot of good research about how housing segregation is one of the largest continuing drivers in systemic racism in the US

Could you link some of it? I'm alien to this particular issue.

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4. hn_thr+fO[view] [source] 2020-06-15 18:47:11
>>phoe-k+9s
Here is a good jumping off point: https://www.facebook.com/NPR/videos/701877010588148/
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