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The problem you’re describing is extremely rare in tech. The industry is full of immigrants and people of color; I’ve personally never worked on a team with mor
by SpicyLemonZest 4y ago
The problem you’re describing is extremely rare in tech. The industry is full of immigrants and people of color; I’ve personally never worked on a team with more than 30ish% white people, although I’ve interviewed for a few and I hear they’re more common in different specialties.
But of course one of the key goals of diversity initiatives is to frame the discourse so people don’t think this way. How often do you hear the Google diversity office talk about how proud they are to have a PoC as CEO?
- asimpletune 4y agoThanks for your response. I meant the question to be more broad than just tech.
- SpicyLemonZest 4y agoIt’s less egregious in other contexts and other industries, but I still haven’t ever seen e.g a college whiter than the state it’s located in. I’m sympathetic to affirmative action as a solution to break up a true monoculture, and I’m sure there’s some institution somewhere that would be 100.0% white if not for their valiant efforts to fight it. But I don’t see any indication this is a common problem.