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Not necessarily minorities in the US(in fact a lot of US minorities are overrepresented in tech), but if you could make say, a few Spanish speaking people in po
by otalp 10y ago
Not necessarily minorities in the US(in fact a lot of US minorities are overrepresented in tech), but if you could make say, a few Spanish speaking people in poorer parts of Brazil contribute, they could spread whatever knowledge they gained with their broader community and encourage more people to participate who might have otherwise viewed these things as stuff "genius hackers with degrees" do.
That would be my reasoning. We need to get people who would never see themselves as being able to develop software because they never went to university or don't have the 'brains' to get into it. There's a lot of wasted brainpower because of the false impression that coding is something for an elite few.
- TheAdamAndChe 10y agoI like this and agree with this argument. Most arguments for "diversity" are simply based on race and gender in the US, but your argument really was help me understand why true diversity on a global scale would help.
- soneca 10y ago"a few Spanish speaking people in poorer parts of Brazil" Am I missing something here or you really think we speak spanish in Brazil????
- sangnoir 10y agoTo be fair - Spanish speakers would be a minority in Brazil ;-)
- synicalx 10y agoSo it's not really minorities at all, but entire countries that someone feels are underrepresented?