HACKER Q&A
📣 amichail

Would you get upset if a news article mentions your nationality?


Wouldn't you rather that your venture be judged based only on its merit and not on where you live?


  👤 amalgamated_inc Accepted Answer ✓
It gives people a lot of context, so it's usually useful. E.g. "man grows vegetable" might not be interesting if the man is an Italian, but might be if he's a Greenlander. "Man starts tech company" is way more interesting if he's Afghani than if he's American.

Was your nationality mentioned in a news article and it upset you? Or what's the context?


👤 JoeyBananas
Nationality is nothing but a standard biographical fact. Being upset about this suggests insecurity.

👤 mikewarot
I'm proud to be a Hoosier, I don't see a problem with that.

"Grumpy old white Hoosier fixes stuff for friends" -- film at 11. Sounds about as boring as it gets.


👤 mustafabisic1
It'd be an honor for me (if it was in positive news)

I am what I am largely because I am born in my country.