The Right Thing

If I say “iOS users overwhelmingly use the Safari browser, here’s the stats”, you’d say “okay, that’s interesting, what can I learn from that, and what opportunity does it represent to the industry?” But if I say “minorities in the tech industry overwhelmingly have this experience, here’s their examples”, you don’t say “Okay, what can I learn and what’s the opportunity?” you start by saying “that’s not true!”

– From Anil Dash in a comment on a blog post by Jason Calacanis entitled “Doing the Right Things,” which was in response to a blog post about racism in tech writing by Jamelle Bouie