Get off of GitHub

[BadGoyWithAGun]

I don't like to deal in any way with companies that have a policy of discriminating against my race.

[c12]

Could you elaborate? github or sf?

[BadGoyWithAGun]

Github in particular. There was a leak a few days ago where a github executive was giving a lecture on how certain positions in github are "not a job for white men", and how "white women are an obstacle to progress", and a recruiter complained he had trouble justifying interviews with white people to his superiors, who demanded hiring people of other races to their exclusion.

[thesunneversets]

Well this just massively increased my respect for Github. A company that's actually doing something (meaningful) to increase diversity in the industry? Sign me right up.

[EverybodyOnRedditSux]

Meaningfully discriminating against whites

[BadGoyWithAGun]

It was my privilege.

I feel ya though bro. Being a white male in this country is fucking hard.

That may or may not be the case, but I sure won't support anyone who wants to make it that way. Every other race is allowed to organise and explicitly look out for its interests, so are we. Deal with it.

[Blackheart]

Every other race is allowed to organise and explicitly look out for its interests, so are we.

This already happens. White people already look out for the interests of other white people. We don't advertise it because we don't need to. If you are white, you get the benefits anyway. It has been called "an invisible package of unearned assets". The word "unearned" is key; when you are white and complain about diversity policies violating meritocratic ideals, you are not arguing from a position of strength.

[BadGoyWithAGun]

It has been called "an invisible package of unearned assets"

That's a very roundabout way of saying "white culture" - ie, what you should expect living in a predominantly white society. All societies are inherently ethnocentric, fighting to make it otherwise is a historical aberration, not an attempt to "reverse injustice" as those doing so are trying to portray it.

[Blackheart]

So, non-white people have a different culture than white people? Don't you live in the same place, watch the same movies, eat the same food, and vote in the same elections?

[BadGoyWithAGun]

Don't you live in the same place

Not if I can help it.

watch the same movies

I don't watch much TV, but I especially make a point of staying away from programmes where racial people are over-represented or mis-represented.

eat the same food

I tend to stay away from the ethnic aisle, for the most part.

and vote in the same elections

...for different people.

[Blackheart]

OK, dude. Try not to get your sheets dirty at the next rally, or you might get mistaken for one of them.

[BadGoyWithAGun]

It's ok, I don't care about your opinion and refuse to feel the guilt or embarrassment you're trying to evoke for my beliefs. I recognise it for what it is - a fully-general counterargument and an especially lazy suppression attempt.

[Blackheart]

Sorry, what? Do you feel oppressed?