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by littlegreenb18 3845 days ago
Racism toward the people in power can't exist, is the usual argument. But ultimately I can't see how this helps the cause. They are brow beating the only people that are trying.
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Only people in a position to try, and doing a lousy job so far.

The title is pure clickbait. The article is about the challenges faced by women and trans people of color when they attempt to enter the tech industry. It raises some good points.

> Only people in a position to try, and doing a lousy job so far.

This doesn't justify or excuse racist generalizations, and it doesn't qualify the idea that you "can't be racist" towards some people.

> The title is pure clickbait.

They generalize about "white people" multiple times in the article.

> It raises some good points.

It does it using racism and classism and with a lecturing tone. Any good it was supposed to do is completely nullified, not the least of which because it insults the people it purports to educate.