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"The worst is when you have the same white 5 males talking about diversity." That's what they said. In the context of talking about seeing the same speakers at
by chickenfries 9y ago
"The worst is when you have the same white 5 males talking about diversity."
That's what they said. In the context of talking about seeing the same speakers at conferences over and over.
- pc86 9y agoThe context is that the GP doesn't feel white men are qualified to speak on diversity.
- chickenfries 9y agoAgree to disagree.
- nojvek 9y agoI deeply care about diversity. It makes me glad to see different kinds of people from all over the world with different opinions, ages and upbringing at conferences. Google i/o had plenty of female speakers giving deep tech talks. That's awesome. Yest SpaceX host was an African American woman talking about rocket boosters. That's awesome. The reason I say this is while I was growing up society told me unconsciously that only white males can truly male it in tech. That's not true and you don't want to send that message unconsciously. It creates a cycle where people self select themselves into careers based on kind of people they see being celebrated as heroes.