Comment by defrost

It's a community with individuals.

One user in particular made a pretty racially insensitive comment, https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38496195 and they got downvoted for it. Hard.

So, re: your proposition that HN is the most racist community - No.

* 1. Some members are, for sure, and can be vocal about it, most aren't.

* 2. You should see some of the other communities out there, some are explicitly dedicated to racial purity and being complete idiots about it.