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I was of course talking in the context of a US based developer conference[0]. It's not a blanked assumption, it's an objective fact. I invite you to look up th
by olalonde 3y ago
I was of course talking in the context of a US based developer conference[0]. It's not a blanked assumption, it's an objective fact. I invite you to look up the statistics. In the same vein, it would be equally unsurprising to see a black only panel in Nigeria or an asian only panel in China.
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- vidarh 3y agoThere was no reason to assume constraints you had not stated, and consider that the demographics of that picture seems to mesh poorly with the demographics of us tech employees, and ask yourself why that is.
- olalonde 3y agoThe article was about a US developer conference, that's where the constraint comes from... It's honestly just the first picture I found when googling for developer conferences.
- vidarh 3y agoI did not respond to the article. I responded to this part of your comment: > Given that the tech field is predominantly composed of white men You've clarified, I'm still not convinced, as I noted, but it's at least closer.