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Discussion on: The Unbearable Whiteness of Coding

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Rolf Streefkerk

Goes to show how indoctrinated your thinking is, I see people have a color but I don't care about it.
You want to do something to stop the segregation based on attributes? Change your behavior and change your attitude to view people for who they are.
Your way of identity politics is the road to failure, it is with good intention perhaps, but it won't have the effect you desire.

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Felix Terkhorn

But it's also unrealistic to claim we aren't subject to cultural biases.

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Rolf Streefkerk

We're all subjected to all kinds of biases, but applying discrimination on a daily basis because you need to "fix" a problem has never worked.

As said in my other reply, fix society by tackling its root issues of education, jobs, and safety. It's a long road, but discrimination on people's attributes has never worked.

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Felix Terkhorn

This is a very charged topic, so I don't expect to change anyone's opinion. Thanks for engaging.

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Felix Terkhorn

And yeah, to your point, I think there's a lot of evidence for tackling the economics of the problem in order to make some positive changes.