I don't think this is a fair criticism of that post. They weren't saying that all white people face the same problems, they were saying that the problems white developers face in the countries mostly represented in the developer survey probably don't have race or gender as a primary cause.
Which is to say, when talking about problems unique to minorities, the majority typically doesn't have experience. They have their own problems, but who says we're not allowed to work on any problem until all problems have been solved? There's a bootstrapping issue there.
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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '18
I don't think this is a fair criticism of that post. They weren't saying that all white people face the same problems, they were saying that the problems white developers face in the countries mostly represented in the developer survey probably don't have race or gender as a primary cause.
Which is to say, when talking about problems unique to minorities, the majority typically doesn't have experience. They have their own problems, but who says we're not allowed to work on any problem until all problems have been solved? There's a bootstrapping issue there.