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0 pointssteveklabnik12y ago0 comments

Earlier in the thread knowtheory describes a specific situation that happens over and over and over again.

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Are you talking about: "It's a sad joke Rubyconf attendees yearly confuse @bryanl and @daksis with each other, but it's happened at every Rubyconf i've been too (which is granted 3 but it's there)."?

I don't think there's anything racist about that if it's an honest mistake the audience makes. Or did you mean to say the actual presenters announce them by the wrong name?

steveklabnikOP12y ago

I'm curious, why would it be bad if the organizers of a conference made that mistake, but it's not bad if the attendees do?

And yes, he means that people walk up to Randall and say "oh hey, Brian!" and vice versa. Really, really often. Sometimes repeatedly. They're different heights, they don't even look like each other at all. They're just usually the only two black guys there. It happens at more than just Ruby conferences...

sergiotapia12y ago

Because:

a) They have never met the speaker personally.

b) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_perception

It has --nothing-- to do with being racist.

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knowitall12y ago

And what about that is racist in your opinion?

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sergiotapia12y ago

Are you talking about: "It's a sad joke Rubyconf attendees yearly confuse @bryanl and @daksis with each other, but it's happened at every Rubyconf i've been too (which is granted 3 but it's there)."?

I don't think there's anything racist about that if it's an honest mistake the audience makes. Or did you mean to say the actual presenters announce them by the wrong name?

steveklabnikOP12y ago

I'm curious, why would it be bad if the organizers of a conference made that mistake, but it's not bad if the attendees do?

sergiotapia12y ago

Because:

a) They have never met the speaker personally.

b) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Face_perception

It has --nothing-- to do with being racist.

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knowitall12y ago

And what about that is racist in your opinion?

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