When a blog is titled "Black Woman Engineer Turns Plastic Into Bricks That Are Reportedly Stronger Than Concrete" on a blog called People of Color in Tech, it's going to get commented on, don't be naive.

Maybe if these qualifiers aren't worthy of discussion, they shouldn't be used. If the article was titled "Engineer does X.." on a tech blog not singling out a particular race, it wouldn't be an issue. If bricks and plastic were all that mattered, they wouldn't mention race all over the website. Ctrl+F "Black" on main page... does race matter or doesn't it?

> If the article was titled "Engineer does X.." on a tech blog

The title on HN is:

Engineer turns plastic into bricks that are reportedly stronger than concrete

I clicked on it and read it because of that. I am, unfortunately for the sake of this conversation, of the opinion that it’s an article about somebody that made plastic bricks. I understand that you appear to have read some sort of referendum about race that didn’t involve engineering or bricks.

If you scroll around the rest of the responses to this article, you’ll find that many people are discussing bricks. Considering that so many of these people, myself included, have completely mistaken the subject of this article, I encourage you to continue complaining about race!

Thank you for your bravery, without your valuable input, nobody would know how important it is to be offended by this!

They editorialized the title, which they aren't supposed to do, because the real title made them uncomfortable. But forget about all that. The title on the real site is what it is.