Arc Launch Livestream Sparks Racism Row: "Brown Face on Webcam = Sell"
srimisra · x · 2026-09-18
During Arc's launch livestream, some on crypto X invented a new form of "fundamental analysis": brown faces on the developer webcam = sell, complete with memes and collages. Author srimisra argues the joke reduces to "they look Indian, so something must be wrong" — assigning competence or fraud propensity by ethnicity is racism, not pattern recognition or risk management. The episode, the piece contends, reveals something deeper about crypto/AI culture.
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