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Comment by Caveman_Coder | Hacker News Reader

I may have been born as a white male, but I identify as a half black, half hispanic female...should be easy now to find any job I want /s

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Garbage comments like yours are what perpetuate the rift between the Asian/White (what I refer to as the "upper-class") super majority in tech and the infinitely smaller minority that are brown people and women in tech. I'm part of the latter group and there is nothing funny about how marginalized we feel around the rest of you.

White != "upper class"

Turns out you can be a poor white (like myself)...just an FYI.

So you being poor is justification enough to spread divisive comments and fuel further hatred (on either side)?

> "So you being poor is justification enough to spread divisive comments and fuel further hatred (on either side)"

This is over-dramatic...

I'm just saying in today's world you can identify as whatever the hell you want, and nobody can question it apparently...so It might be a good strategy for white males to "identify" as the race/gender that seem to get additional points on their applications based on their race/gender.

>I'm just saying in today's world you can identify as whatever the hell you want

That’s pretty flippant and insensitive to the struggles that trans people go through.

Is it false? You can identify as whatever the hell you like these days...that is a fact.

I don't think making light of a otherwise sad situation, is "fueling hatred". It's actually lightening the mood while pointing out room for improvement. Trying to stay positive is something we can all do, even when there are injustices.

There does seem to be a major contradiction.

“Gender is ephemeral and a personal decision but also women are different than men, let’s hire more women.”

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