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by caseydurfee 3271 days ago
For anyone who didn't read the entire article, this is the part that these comments are complaining about:

> Since all new creativity is held hostage in the hands of insensitive investors who promote the development of White business leaders to the exclusion of any other forms of creativity. Seventy five percent of all investment dollars are placed into the hands of White men. In the tech industry, most companies are run by, lead by, and pay the bulk of their company’s value to White men, the primary beneficiaries of such investment effort.

1. This certainly doesn't posit that all white people live perfect lives.

2. This is 74 words out of a 2600 word long essay, for crying out loud.

3. He's not wrong. If you're concerned with "wealthy vs not wealthy" it's entirely relevant that one particular cohort is far more likely to be in the wealthy group rather than other cohorts.

I get so tired of people looking to get offended by things like this.

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> This certainly doesn't posit that all white people live perfect lives.

However, using a loaded term like "White men" is unnecessary and just serves to distract people with polarized culture war stuff.