I mean, if you exclude racism and structural racism as an answer, you’ll be wondering for a long time “why black people don’t rock anymore.” But it’s not my job to educate you, I’d suggest you look into yourself.
Please don't post ideological flamewar comments to HN or cross into personal attack. Neither of those makes for interesting conversation, only dumbed-down hostility. If you have a substantive insight to offer about the topic, that of course is welcome.
It's no one's job here to educate the others, thankfully. But learning from each other is the point of this place, and that only works if we don't get stuck in ideological tropes and internet putdowns.
Give me a break. Y’all are so eager to say “it can’t be racism” to explain current situations despite explicit racism for hundreds of years in the US. Maybe take that learning attitude you’re talking about seriously.
Who is "y'all"? If you mean "some HN commenters", then sure—some HN commenters post all kinds of crap. This is the internet.
If you mean anything more than that, I'd like to know who. It doesn't describe the community as a whole. If you mean the moderators, it is deeply untrue.
Could you please stop posting in the flamewar style to HN? It leads to extremely poor-quality, indeed vicious discussion, which does zero good and only contributes to destroying this place. You don't need swipes, putdowns, snark, or personal attacks to make your substantive points.
