> The GP comment probably wouldn't have been downvoted if it had been more substantive.
My 700 word reply with the same sentiment was at -1 within seconds. It only just got back to 1.
Now, I didn't write that to be popular, it's an intentionally uncomfortable comment if you're someone who agrees with the top level comment and I wanted it to be. The fact is, the audience here has shown time and time again they'd rather bury talk about uncomfortable conflict involving race.
Imagine this comment was downvoted, but multiple comment chains saying black people should just accept racism is a thing and "move on" are being propped up above it...
This isn't the first time I've seen this here, and it won't be the last. At the end of the day, HN's demographic reflects the demographics of the industries it intersects, and diversity is not high at all within them.
That allows people to bury their heads in the sand so to speak, these are uncomfortable conversations and they'd rather not have them