This is actually the biggest issue I have with the intersection of social justice and the technology industry. The concepts of &quot;white privilege&quot; and &quot;stereotype threat&quot; are borne of the non-falsifiable, non-reproducibility &quot;science&quot; of sociology departments everywhere.<p>Here on HN, where people ostensibly require the weight of evidence to accept a concept, I would expect nearly 100% of people to reject this evidence-free, baseless emotional concept immediately out of hand. Yet somehow, this community of rationalists buy into handwaving without any critical thought.<p>We nerds appear to be just as dogmatically religious as those whose ideas we reject on the basis of lack of evidence. A little saddening.