I'm just going to eat the downvotes, but surely I'm not the only one who's tired of the groundbreaking too many white people commentary on everything? It really doesn't improve the conversation in any way, on any subject.
Edit: less than a second for the first one. Is there a bot?
We detached this subthread from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18694826 and marked it off-topic.
And is the OP really that proud to be broadcasting his SNAG status? Jeez. Rant over.
The weird white shame and identity politics being pushed by
Americans is really tiresome.
You're reading "white shame" into the author's essay. Does the author feel responsible for something other people did in the 1980s? Does he feel responsible for things other people do, just because he shares their skin-tone? Neither you, nor I, have any idea. He doesn't say.
that perspective is just as shallow as facile as the idea
that advertising from 40-50 years deliberately excluded minorities.
RE your edit, see the guidelines [0] and consider the possibility that people think your comment doesn't contribute positively to the conversation.
[0] >Please don't comment about the voting on comments.
The parent comment was also relevant to the article, as well as the commentary in this thread.