I’ve seen a lot of people pile on Uncle Bob for this and for good reason- it’s at best a laughably naive view that tends to go hand in hand with the reckless “we’re a meritocracy!” mindset. But it’s not just him- this is a very commonly expressed belief.https://twitter.com/unclebobmartin/status/1200074140637642754 …
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Yeah that's really something that concerns me when I see stuff like this. Understandably, people like Bob seem to be viewed as the ones that have privilege and then should therefore be knocked down a peg. But the I don't think the resulting derision and posturing is helping.
It comes across as a mob swarming in and it just doesn't look good from the perspective of anybody not quite on the same page (even if they're sympathetic).
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I completely agree. There is actually a sense in which his comments are a counterargument to racists in asking us to judge code as code and not identity. Racists are more than happy to judge on identity.
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I'm not saying this is the full story, but on some level of resolution this is actually true (say reading a for loop). But it's alarming that malevolent intent is the first thing people read from the statement, rather than the last.
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