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Why mention his race 'cause there's no such thing as unconscious bias and Valley funding and hires are as diverse as society is and... ah... oops, no, wait...
by Nomentatus 10y ago
Why mention his race 'cause there's no such thing as unconscious bias and Valley funding and hires are as diverse as society is and... ah... oops, no, wait...
- danbruc 10y agoThis did not really add something to what I said, I did not deny the existence of the problem. You have to argue why mentioning the race is helpful, why it helps to reduces biases. Why does it not do the opposite, why does mentioning the race not reinforce its importance?
- Nomentatus 10y agoI think I did mention that bias was unconscious; we all know brains are association machines, therefore associating more colors with computing achievements is obviously a good thing. If you know of a perverse effect, I'd be glad to hear of it.
- tomp 10y agoNo, Valley hiring is about as diverse as Valley job applicants (= CS graduates) are... at least regarding to sex, I'm assuming it's similar for race as well. So I'd say you're focusing on the wrong problem.