[steveklabnik]

I specifically did not accuse them of racism, I said that it sends a certain signal, which is obviously scoped to cultures. HN is largely about California culture, so many readers will have a US-centric reading. Understanding what effect the words you use has on your audience is important.

You'll also note that the South Africa bit is specifically mentioned in the "people of color" link.

[jbdurruti]

> I specifically did not accuse them of racism

You're sure you didn't do exactly that to an audience of about 12K followers on Twitter? https://twitter.com/steveklabnik/status/409697629321195520

[steveklabnik]

I do not think they are racist. I think they said something that sounds like they're racist.

[sergiotapia]

That is just so low and slimy of you. Yikes.