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Their members are predominantly white

Adorable racism.

Groupthink and being penalized for speaking your mind

Is it groupthink that I pointed out your blatant racism? Message boards the world over are full of people saying wrong, obnoxious, ignorant things and then foolishly thinking that a negative response is just because everyone else is prey to groupthink, etc. It is a short-circuit of self-analysis.



> Adorable racism.

How so? Shutting your eyes doesn't make the bias go away.


The poster didn't complain about a bias. They complained about a perceived demographic composition.

Detroit is too black. Vancouver has too many Indians.

How do those sound? There is no difference between what the poster said and those statements, beyond the common acceptance that you can be racist against whites, even if just attacking the imaginary demographic of a group.


> racist against whites

I believe that, technically, the term would be "discriminatory" in this case, white people being in a position of relative power and privilege in the West (and most of the world, really. White people are esteemed all over, even if just in relation to other foreigners).

But it just isn't the same as you said. The difference here is that this is a question-and-answers forum, and the lack of diversity, as in the homogeneity of values and experiences, might be indeed undesirable.

Though I wasn't able to quickly find an study that showed that homogeneity begets groupthink...


Yeah, I guess I'm racist. I want diversity in my populations, applied to every context possible. Full stop.

"I'm sorry you're offended."


I get it: You're a racist. "Diversity" indeed. I honestly have no idea what the racial make-up of Quora is because it neither seemed relevant, nor have I sought it out. I don't even know how you'd even know in many cases.

But it's too white? Give me a break. The only reason that bullshit, obnoxious, offensive statement gets a pass is white-guilt, a bunch of people afraid they offend someone looking for, ha ha, "diversity".


I find it fascinating that white people are finally getting upset at racism directed towards them.




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