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It says that there's a problem and it lays it at the feet of white men. If that's not an attack, I don't know what is.

EDIT: Since I can't reply anymore, I'll just add my comment here. I (and most people) are in no way responsible for the lack of women in AI. If you personally feel responsible because you know you've been sexist/racist, great, make amends and don't do it anymore. Tossing blame at people you don't know and saying they're responsible for your actions is not the correct course. Blaming white men is racist and sexist so you can take this opportunity to learn and hopefully stop making generalizations about people regardless of their gender or race.




If someone has done an action, we can say that they're responsible for that action. There's no attack in identifying responsibility or ownership, but as I explained above, I myself have often interpreted this as an attack on me, when for example, someone was pointing out to me how I was being racist.


It's not blame or racist when it's true, so you're just being defensive. If you're "neutral" (think that you're not part of the problem) then you're still supporting and benefitting from the system that IS racist. You're complicit in your lack of action.




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