Exactly this, but you will of course be downvoted here for pointing out this truth.
For a purportedly open-minded set of hackers who claim to follow their intellectual curiosity, too many people here are very closed-minded about racism.
Sadly, HN has been infested with a load of "I'm not racist, but" type racists, who will say anything to downplay the obvious racism in US society. Even when there is evidence.
He's also a very strange man aside from that. For example, have you seen that video of him standing uncomfortably close to a lady he's being interviewed with, and staring at her? Weird as fuck.
For a purportedly open-minded set of hackers who claim to follow their intellectual curiosity, too many people here are very closed-minded about racism.