[nyolfen]

there's no material difference for the purposes of fostering social spaces devoid of racism

[emodendroket]

Just about all Americans exhibit some racism, although most of it manifests itself in the form of less-obvious, but still insidious, biases and so on, rather than calling people the n-word on Hacker News.

[nyolfen]

i totally agree but i don't think it serves as any kind of counterpoint to excluding people who use the n-word from participating in discussions