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brownerd
·5년 전·discuss
Perhaps if you tried to approach people with different views from you with an open mind and genuinely listened instead of calling them "trolls" you'd learn more interesting things.

If you study the history of the world, "tribalism" in some sense is a common theme throughout all cultures, many wars and many injustices. It might have been "Protestant vs Catholic" or "Sunni vs Shiite" or "Serb vs Croat" or whichever tribal, ethnic, religious or language grouping was relevant to the area.

In every single case, if the groups remained separated and saw one another as "othered" the problems spanned years and generations and the societies remained fractured and insecure. Only in the societies where people dropped the labels that separated them and merged into one identity did they thrive and improve conditions for all people. In short- the best way to help Black people in America isn't to perpetuate our separate identity, but to remove the power and significance of racial identifiers entirely.
brownerd
·5년 전·discuss
Ethically, I wouldn't want to work at a company which profits from encouraging the segregation by race which has unfortunately become socially acceptable again, but clearly many on HN have embraced the paradoxical double-standards where segregation and discrimination on the basis of color of skin is good as long as it's done for/against the right groups.

As a purely business concern, it seems like you're going to struggle against an already crowded marketplace. Netflix is already "Netflix for black people" (as are Hulu, Prime Video, etc). They've been focused on creating and promoting that content for years and already have multiple categories based on race, gender, sexuality, ethnic background, etc. Do you expect users to switch away from those services or add another service on top of the existing ones?