4 ms·
I fear that HN folks have got tired of this topic, but this is really well written and it made me think.
by mhandley 6y ago
I fear that HN folks have got tired of this topic, but this is really well written and it made me think.
- Jaruzel 6y agoAlso posting this to HN, and seeing that you got here first :) I just wanted to add, that this seems like a very US-centric view. Here in the UK, I have worked with many non-white people over my career, and I've hired several to work on my teams. Certainly in London, race doesn't really come into it - if you are the best fit, you get hired, regardless of your ethnicity (it's illegal to do otherwise in fact).
- mhandley 6y agoI think there's a real risk of complacency. Computer Science is for the most part quite a diverse community, both here in the UK and in the US, and I love that. But there are groups who are very underepresented. In my CS classes in London there are a wide range of ethnic and national backgrounds, but there are relatively few black students. This doesn't need to be self-perpetuating. We should take Ibrahim's comments seriously, and try to be more welcoming.