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Don't worry about racism because the game industry is a meritocracy? I don't understand the logic here, can you elaborate?

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People make racist, nationalist, sexist, and all other kinds of off-colour jokes in the game industry, particularly when they don't think they're in earshot of the butt of their jokes (obviously with some notable exceptions), but it doesn't have much effect on whether you'll get or keep a job as a coder. If you write sweet code, you write sweet code. End of story. People will want to hire you.

You know that's still pretty shitty right?

Yep. So is eavesdropping on people without telling them and then posting what was said to the Internet. Can't say I'd recommend either, but they both happen with surprising frequency.

The OP overheard this stuff because they were waiting for the conference call issues to get worked out. They couldn't exactly not listen.

All is not lost, though! Maybe OP can go back and apologize for telling people about the racist jokes the Crytek people made at their expense. Wait, no, that's entirely ridiculous.

When people unknowingly do things that upset you, the considerate thing to do is to tell them first, not the whole Internet. Give them a chance to explain, apologize, amend. If they don't to your satisfaction, then by all means go wide.

When people "unknowingly" out themselves as bigots, no, you don't have to be "considerate" and take it to them. That's terrible advice.

This only enhances my point. People should be worried about racism. Great coders can work anywhere. Why work amongst casual racists?

Some people believe that racial jokes make one a racist as much as cannibalism jokes make one a cannibal.

Yes. And those people are racists.

Sure. Everywhere I worked there had been people from all countries and continents but Antarctica, working together without any problems but they are, apparently, racists.

You know, I'd rather be with friendly "racists" who have not fired anyone over their alleged "racism" than anywhere in Tech, where one seems to have to be conforming to the party line even outside the work in order to keep the job (e.g. Adria Richards incident).

Because there is a general entitlement of superiority in the game industry; on average, they feel like they are a technically superior and way more fun form of programming compared to anything other job in the IT industry

> but it doesn't have much effect on whether you'll get or keep a job as a coder [citation needed]

Making racist jokes devalue a person. How can you respect them as an employee if you devalue them as a person?

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