More white women does not equal tech diversity

http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2015/02/12/women-of-color-diversity-tech-silicon-valley-nicole-sanchez/23298945/

by bootload • 10 years ago

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bootload• 10 years ago

"If assimilation is the expectation, those of us who are non-white, older than 40, disabled, trans, not neurotypical, queer, from low-income backgrounds, and/or a host of other identities will continue to be locked out of tech."

I would have thought being "not neurotypical" would be an asset.

throwaway420• 10 years ago

This article is racist and sexist drivel.

The server that's malfunctioning at 9AM doesn't care about the color of your skin or if your precious fee-fees are hurt that the server isn't working.

The fast approaching deadline for producing a product doesn't care about what's between your legs or what made up word you use to identify your gender, it just matters that it works or it doesn't.

Everybody with half a brain cell knows that society goes out of it's way to get women and minorities into cushy tech industry jobs. But it's never going to be enough to professional victims like this. No matter how hard you try and appease them and go out of your way to diversify, they're never going to be happy. Never.

The solution here is to stop negotiating with SJW terrorists.

Stop trying to make them happy and start making this about who can do the job the best and not about what group of victims whines the loudest.

dozzie• 10 years ago

This article is racist and sexist drivel.

Apparently this is a norm for management of today's GitHub.

dang• 10 years ago

Please keep ideological rage off HN. Maximize-the-indignation is a game, but not one to play here. We want thoughtful comments that take a respectful position toward whatever they disagree with. That is always possible.

tsmith• 10 years ago

History has taught us that diversification efforts (i.e.: initiatives to correct systemic inequalities) unfold like this: White men "let" white women into the halls of power they created, and little changes for the rest of us. Such is the case in politics, in elite universities and in corporate America.

Well tickle me Elmo, and here I thought we'd just gone through two terms with a non-White president.

More white women does not equal tech diversity

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