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They don't really have a point. They have a grievance, and one that matters exactly zero. It is armchair militance at its best; it's raising a loud voice on a topic that will make no difference in the inclusion of minorities in tech. It is a stupid timewaster that undermines real social causes.

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It would seem to make a difference to the 3 Indigenous software engineers who wrote the article.

In what way will it improve their, or anyone's, lives to rename the Mississippi to The Big Brown?

It will satisfy the thirst of winning a political fight and nothing else.

Of all the people in this discussion, you seem to be the most thirsty to win a political fight, with all of your demeaning and ranting "ridiculous, useless and unnecessary" posts, to quote your own insulting words.

Are you done ridiculing and dismissing people yet, or are you still thirsty for more fighting and nothing else?

Ah, that's part of the root of this issue - we don't know based on the facts in evidence if this is a widespread concern or not. We only know that it's a concern to those three people.

As you can see, there are more than three people in this thread alone who feel strongly in the opposite.

It seems to me the right things to do would be for the ASF to reach out to some Apache organizations to ask their thoughts, and for the article authors to approach (or create, if necessary) similar representative groups to make a formal statement of position.

Well, it's easy money. Whether they actually care... who knows?

What does the vast majority of Native Americans (ca three million people), or specifically the members of Apache tribes, think?

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