[jriot]

Seeing that you grew up in Massachusetts, went to CMU, and now live San Francisco, I can see why you hold that opinion.

Come visit me in Louisiana and I will show its a socio-economic issue, not a race issue.

[malcolmgreaves]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18305769

[jriot]

You're not going to convenience a white southern who enlisted in the military out of high school on the myth of white privilege.

[malcolmgreaves]

*the fact of white privilege

[jriot]

Opinion.

[malcolmgreaves]

Sticking your head in the sand because you don't want to see the truth doesn't make it go away.

[jriot]

Just because you live in the echo chamber known as SF, based on pushing identity and race into everything, doesn't make it true.

[Chris2048]

How does that inform your reasoning above? How does being part of a group racially targeted by cops mean you can bring something different to a software development team, outside very specific examples of software?

[malcolmgreaves]

You, uh, answered your own question in your second sentence. Do you expect me to enumerate all the possible ways? Why don't you think about your life experience has been shaped by your gender and race? Your writing implies that society doesn't treat people differently on their skin complexion and gender. Do you believe that?

[Chris2048]

> Do you believe that?

I don't believe that, I also don't believe that "my writing implies that" - dont put words in my mouth, it's aggravating to play that game.

> Do you expect me to enumerate all the possible ways?

I'm asking specifically what this brings to a software team; just a few good (general) examples will do. I can't see how I answered that; Are you saying the answer is only in "very specific examples of software"?

> don't you think about your life experience has been shaped by your gender and race

Yes, but nothing to do with my programming contributions