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by anal_reactor 187 days ago
> It always bugs me when people point out diversity quotas whilst ignoring the centuries of white-only quotas.

The diversity discussion is always funny to me in the context of a country built by 99.9% white people. It's like... imagine arguing about the role of black americans in the history of Japan and why they deserve a piece of the pie.
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ndsipa_pomu 187 days ago
That doesn't seem like a reasonable comparison and I'd dispute the "country built by 99.9% white people". Yes, lots of white people claimed to be "building" things and yet relied a lot on non-white slavery to achieve it. So, not only were the slaves' lives treated as mere possessions, but they also don't get any credit for the hard work they were forced to do.

It seems to me like a country built on theft of labour (as is the UK where I am).

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anal_reactor 187 days ago
I'm from Poland. Throughout most of its history, my country was being invaded - by the Germans, by the Austrians, by the Russians, by the Swedish. We had literally nothing to do with colonialism. When Napoleon sent Polish people to Haiti to fight off slave rebellion, Polish people joined the Haitian side.

My country lost its independence in 1795. It regained independence after WW1, but then Germans and Russians attacked us, starting WW2. After WW2 we became a puppet country of USSR, which lasted until 36 years ago.

The only nation that felt invaded by us were Lithuanians, long long time ago. We had nothing to do with colonialism, we did not import slaves from Africa. We never murdered local population. The past 300 years of my country's history was being invaded and then miraculously coming back to existence. Our capital city was completely destroyed by Hitler just to set an example.

> But you have the same amount of melatonin in your skin as the British, therefore you're guilty of everything that the British did

This, sir, is pure fucking racism

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ndsipa_pomu 186 days ago
I hope you've replied to the wrong comment as I didn't write the bit that you "quoted" and accused of being "pure fucking racism".

However, I don't think your comment is at all in line with the guidelines on commenting on HackerNews so I shall not engage you in any further discussion if you cannot be civil.

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