In case you were wondering what’s happening in Reactland. tl;dr: tech speaker uses a white supremecist hand signal in a talk at a React conf; when asked about it, issues a nonapology.https://twitter.com/TatianaTMac/status/1166348406840864773 …
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Someday this will be the first chapter in a book of cautionary tales - “Destroying Communities by Failing to Separate Intention from Impact”
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Dear fellow white people: when a person of color tells you you did something that makes them feel unsafe (because you *will* do that at some point) - treat that knowledge as a gift. Be horrified it had that effect. Issue real apology.
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Anything less than the above makes you actively complicit in upholding white supremacy. People notice & remember that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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I suppose there's no possibility they might be in the wrong? "upholding white supremacy"...LOL.
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Nope! If someone you know takes the time and energy to tell you that, you believe it. That’s how it works for humans with empathy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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If they have a case. This is the age of the postmodernist witch hunt. False accusations of racism, sexism or any other 'ism' that can be alleged for personal or political advantage are absolutely everywhere.
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