Tech is Racist

From a black man who owns RSA’s most successful BEE score SEO/SMO company with a branch in Australia… what a load of shite the above is!

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Bear in mind please, that you are only one example, and that by yourself, you don’t contradict demographic trends. Thanks.

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rice is racist. because most of the people that eat it are asian
bws are racist, because most of the people that drive them are white
chicken licken is racist, because most of the people that eat it are black
kimonos are racist, because most people who wear them are japanese
boerewors is homophobic and sexist because it is mostly eaten by straight males

no wonder there isnt an author credit. i would also be embarassed.

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fuck me this is the most retarded thing ive ever read! my mind is blown…its like saying 100m sprinting is racist cause black do it better…fuck you guys are pathetic 🙁

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this must be a joke, right?

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Your comments don’t count white people. Sit still.

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Offensive? I think those are questionable statements but have been argued and you can actually find them in history books. I still like them, they make an interesting point. What it says about geography and race is a different issue. To mix the two is messing around with logic. But that never seems to stop you lot here at Mahala.

Racism can result in a distortion of race representation. That means that race representation in an industry will not reflect the racial make up of the population. That logic does however not hold in reverse. That is to say, if the representation in the industry is does not reflect the make up of the country, that things are therefore racist. Other things can distort it.

Is racism really the only reason for this phenomenon in IT? Really?

The truth is that this race thing is such a hot political potato that no one feels like holding it. But I’m tired of this racist rubbish. It somehow ok to say white people are racist and divisive but to even say black hair is different is a hate crime. Every time a black guy spots some collection of white people they call racism. How about white people just like IT? That’s not racist. That’s just geeky. But that makes for lame info graphics.

You guys should help Julius write his speeches. He needs all the help he can get in pointing out racism and demonizing white people. I think he calls it nation building.

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Oliver, you came really late to this party, all the people with the brains to argue with you are exhausted or have moved on.

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Oliver, you’re a retard. Your comments are old, tired, and exhausting to read. If you want to make controversial statements, and show how much balls you have, come up with your own arguments and refrain from paraphrasing others.

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Hilarity ensues. Roger, a white person, tells us that white people’s comments don’t count. On that logic, then, I’m happy to assume that this applies to his comments.

Then Brandon goes on to back Roger up with a Leaping High 5, thus including himself in the irrelevancies too. (then responds to Oliver’s intelligent, measured response with an all-lower-case ‘shut the fuck up’. Articulate, reasoned, cutting – classic Edmonds. THAT sums up the Mahala experience. A far-left circle-jerk of self-hating sycophants).

I’m with Oliver here – the world is not an even playing field, if one considers any one of hundreds of examples. Technology, maybe, is not geared towards those without the means to access it. Poor people have low access to technology. Here, at least, poor people are often black. QED technology is race-biased?
I’m glad to know that my comments are irrelevant, though, otherwise I’d have given my comment more consideration.

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@Andy

“it’s called data-journalism numbnuts… you look at the numbers and extrapolate a meaning. The great thing is, no one can actually argue with the stats. It’s how we all spin the meaning.”

Agreed – unfortunately you are the one who placed the meaning (ok to be fair you were only following in the footsteps of the infographic creators) on this by posting this with the title “Tech is Racist” and adding the little blurb.

No one is arguing about the numbers (not one person if you re read the comments) what we are taking issue with is that you are doing exactly the opposite of what you said we should do in your comment above – you have twisted data to prove your point without actually objectively looking at the data.

This would have been a far more useful, insightful and considerate piece had you actually discussed the meaning of the data rather than try and impose an impossible and stupid meaning on it…

Like you said what this data actually does is ask the question – “In the tech world black people are radically under-represented… why?” If you read the comments above a few people have begun to scrape the surface of the answer to this question (access, education, opportunity & interest)

So my question is why did you not ask that question in the article and try and come up with an answer? Instead you rather chose to post this infographic and push its meaning of the data on us – a meaning which we have all pointed out is completely retarded and does not help anyone at all.

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Daniel it’s been obvious for Mahala-high-5-brigade eons now… Douche-bag Davis is desperate for hits… and the only way he’s resigned himself to trying to get them… it bring any racial angle into any story…

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@Tumi Molekane – you are too kind sir.

I think mud-debunker actually wins this one!

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First of all, this title is bogus. “The internet is racist”

Do you uneducated troglodytes even understand what the internet is? Its open-source, its a network, its a community, its a world running through integrated optics. Stop trying to personify a concept. By definition alone, the internet cannot be racist. Let’s just be honest with ourselves about that. Would you call a car racist because the people who were qualified and experienced enough to build it happened to be white? Absolute retardation. You have succesfully managed to discredit this entire Mahala organisation. Way to fuck up a good thing guys! I guess education alone doesnt make you a writer.

Don’t blame the internet for non-white people not making up the workforce. You are insulting every single non-white who has worked their arse off to get into a good position. If a demographic is unsattisfied with its presence in a particular industry, they should get off their asses and do something about it… and this is happening everywhere! We’re living in a capitalist world, in any corporate community, you get what you work for. Full Stop. More often than not, being a minority will give you an advantage that white workforce doesnt have. Any half-competent anthropology student will tell you that their could be any number of reasons for the race phenomenons within the tech industry.

You call technology racist because computer facial recognician identified a white person but not the black person sitting next to them. Incase you hadnt noticed, black people have a darker skin tone. Computer software holds no personality, its only a matter of proper lighting and varying tonal pigmentation. I am a photographer, and in many scenes black people are more difficult to focus on, purely because their skin is a less reflective service and needs to be compensated for. You dont see me calling photography racist now do you?

As far as calling iphone apps racist and then extrapolating that over the ENTIRE INTERNET, this doesnt even deserve comment. Seriously guys, this is clutching at straws. If I was the university that taught you that logic, I would discredit my entire freethinking institution myself.

A round of applause for Mahala for setting all progress in human logic and critical reasoning back about 30 years.

SHOCKING.

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this shit belongs in the daily Sun

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Mahala Debates in a nut shell:

Person A says something ridiculous, poorly thought out and controversial.

Person B rebuts and pointing out why it is ridiculous, poorly thought out and controversial.

Person A claims that sparking debate is the goal, justifying saying ridiculous, poorly thought out and controversial things. Also claims that person B is a whiny, white person.

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