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Well that seems unnecessarily specific. Rather than whittling down subgroup after subgroup, why not try to help out the underexposed in general? The differenc
by yarg 6y ago
Well that seems unnecessarily specific.
Rather than whittling down subgroup after subgroup, why not try to help out the underexposed in general?
The differences between what the sexes are interested in is distinct enough that figuring out how to get girls interested and prevent them from being discouraged needs to be considered.
However, I don't belief the racial differences are enough to justify efforts to encourage black people specifically - there's use in shared culture from an outreach perspective, but here I think that the most ground can be gained from efforts to engage with marginalised children in general; regardless of race.
I just don't think that focusing on intersections of the disadvantaged yields useful results.
For example, efforts to help blind kids learn to code could be very useful - but a specific effort to help only blind black females with gimpy legs would be a waste of time and resources (and good luck finding teachers at all, let alone any that meet your increasingly exclusionary criteria).
- hackerrrnews 6y agoSurely you could have taken the time to research why the creators of this program thought being this specific was necessary?
- yarg 6y agoI simply don't think that this can work the way that it's intended to - do what you can to break down barriers to entry, but as far as I'm concerned once those barriers are broken there's not much value in segregation. I can't imagine that once those barriers have been broken and a well supported kid gets into code that the impact of race and sex will be significant when compared to motivation and aptitude. I also think that if your trying to break down barriers you're not going to do a very good job with class rooms defined by anti-diversity. Anyway, what's with the month old throwaway account?