I wonder if non-white people are tired of being pawns in this game which seems largely to be played between white people. How demoralizing it must be to know that a non-trivial number of the people you interact with professionally believe you are only there because of the color of your skin and not your qualifications.
Not likely, it seems it takes a LOT to get banned from HN.
But still, the assumption that every non-white person hired is a "diversity" hire before even looking at their qualifications is incredibly racist.