This kind of racist &quot;gender politics&quot;, along with a level of self-hatred and loathing for certain classes of people is a wider problem with GitHub employees and has been manifesting for a while, for example: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;todogroup&#x2F;opencodeofconduct&#x2F;pull&#x2F;17" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;todogroup&#x2F;opencodeofconduct&#x2F;pull&#x2F;17</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;rachelmyers&#x2F;status&#x2F;629981737121021953" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;rachelmyers&#x2F;status&#x2F;629981737121021953</a> (also see some of her late Tweets about this very thread)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;agelender&#x2F;status&#x2F;629080326736773120" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;agelender&#x2F;status&#x2F;629080326736773120</a> <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;agelender&#x2F;status&#x2F;573560084837498880" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;agelender&#x2F;status&#x2F;573560084837498880</a><p>I think it started around the time they threw out their &quot;meritocracy rug&quot; back in early 2014 or somewhat before: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;readwrite.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;24&#x2F;github-meritocracy-rug" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;readwrite.com&#x2F;2014&#x2F;01&#x2F;24&#x2F;github-meritocracy-rug</a>