Replying to Avatar Sheilfer

One of the consequences of racism in tech is having to use anonymous identities online in order to access opportunity more fairly.

One of the sad side effects of anti-racist work is having to deal with the visceral reactions and accusations that I am the hateful or “woke” for having to hold racist people accountable to a degree, which terrifies them in a very self-sabotaging way.

There really is no place for hate and racism, it is a source of great shame.
Avatar
HoloKat 1y ago

I treat them like trolls, instant mute - starve them of any attention. Replying only amplifies their hate and accomplishes what they are after.

Hopefully with web of trust it becomes a thing of the past

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

Avatar
Sheilfer 1y ago

The big problem in tech is when they're folks with large audiences and significant industrial reputation. It's not as easy when it's the folks responsible for hiring and investing.

Avatar
HoloKat 1y ago

I don’t know anything about that

Avatar
Sheilfer 1y ago

There has been a huge antagonistic shift in that direction, at least here in the Bay Area, motivated by Elon's purchase of Twitter. It has been pretty disappointing.

I've been pretty lucky to have invested most of my networking and interests in places that are not corporate tech, but had I not I could easily imagine myself getting pretty disillusioned.