You have a point that it might/could probably be an indicator that something's being repressed- but you can't just jump to conclusions about what that is. It'

You have a point that it might/could probably be an indicator that something's being repressed- but you can't just jump to conclusions about what that is. It's not like, once in every blue moon, someone says 'tech has a race problem'- people say things like that all the time. So, even if it was a non-issue, the fact lots of people are saying it's an issue makes it an issue for people in tech, for obvious reasons (nobody likes being called evil.) Maybe people are defensive because they do see racism and ignore it- but maybe people are defensive because lots of people say there's racism they're ignoring, and what those people say can affect their jobs. Whether there's a race problem or not, there's a race problem.