Anti-White Bias Debate

Discussions revolve around objections to references to 'white' people or whiteness in a potentially negative context, questioning if it's racist, relevant, or indicative of anti-white bias on HN.

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HN OK library.fes FWIW AND whiteprivilegeisntreal.org theguardian.com PTSD white white people culture racist racism non white anti race american skin

Sample Comments

m52go Jul 4, 2017 View on HN

What does being white have to do with this?

zo1 Nov 15, 2015 View on HN

What does this have to do with white people?

kukac Mar 23, 2017 View on HN

Not all white people are as privileged as you.

feralimal Apr 23, 2021 View on HN

That's white on white racism.

text0404 Feb 3, 2024 View on HN

what are you talking about? this is about discriminating based on race, which includes the white race. your implicit assumption here is that anti-discrimination measures for minorities is discriminatory against white people. which is, uh, not a great take.

theoneill Jul 12, 2010 View on HN

Why is it bad that they're white?

dudefeliciano Jun 22, 2025 View on HN

you forgot that they're white, they don't factor in in this conversation

nhangen May 6, 2013 View on HN

What does being white have to do with it?

itisit Dec 5, 2023 View on HN

Would someone explain why it’s okay on HN to make a remark like “very white” in this way?

7129d71b Apr 28, 2021 View on HN

you may find this interesting - https://www.theguardian.com/news/2021/apr/20/the-invention-o...