I've worked with some nerds who were awful mean-spirited tyrants, and some bro dudes who were really kind and sweet.
If you substitute the gender or the color of "young, white physically fit dude" you get blatant racism or sexism.
If someone did something wrong, then hold that against them. Being biased against someone's color or gender isn't ok.
I agree. If I did have a bias against white males I might consider it technically racism or sexism, but not blatant.
In my view it's simplistic to think of bias based on gender or race as sexism or racism without considering the larger societal context. Can a historically dominant gender/race in a given society feel the occasional isolated sting of racism and/or sexism? I believe they can, but I also believe it's a false equivalency to view that with the same lens as the often systemic and institutionalized racism and sexism faced by those in the marginalized minority.
The whole point of interviewing and reading resumes is to filter people out (or in) based on their experience. If recruiters start tossing out resumes because they mention Uber that's not "discrimination" in any powerful sense; it's simply caution in the light of recent events.
If someone reads a resume from a former Uber employee, and the evaluation process includes well, his parents came from Korea and he doesn't lift weights, so..., is that really a good thing?
I've said this on HN before - if you work for Uber and you're worried about it becoming toxic to your future career, speak up when you see the sort of behaviour other companies think make you a risky hire. You're perfectly placed to stop the problem.
Speak up wherever you work. This problem isn't limited to Uber.