Actually, the comments are a fairly accurate reflection of the tech industry and especially in places like Silicon Valley and should not be casually ignored.
The sheer amount of ignorance and justifications for racism expressed on HN, while baffling at times, is actually characteristic of the tech industry, especially in places like Silicon Valley / Bay Area, and while expressed here anonymously, in the real world, there's no shortage of clever "Machiavellians" at tech companies (like Emilie Choi and Kim Milosevich at Coinbase) able to simultaneously pay lip service to "diversity" while also crafting narratives that serve to only further the toxic culture of victim blaming and racism towards unrepresented groups in tech.
In fact, many of the ignorant and racist comments in HN are likely being made and/or given the silent nod by prominent tech founders, along with entire HR departments, PR departments, fellow coworkers, tech leads, product managers, etc.
The sheer amount of ignorance and justifications for racism expressed on HN, while baffling at times, is actually characteristic of the tech industry, especially in places like Silicon Valley / Bay Area, and while expressed here anonymously, in the real world, there's no shortage of clever "Machiavellians" at tech companies (like Emilie Choi and Kim Milosevich at Coinbase) able to simultaneously pay lip service to "diversity" while also crafting narratives that serve to only further the toxic culture of victim blaming and racism towards unrepresented groups in tech.
In fact, many of the ignorant and racist comments in HN are likely being made and/or given the silent nod by prominent tech founders, along with entire HR departments, PR departments, fellow coworkers, tech leads, product managers, etc.