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You may not be thinking about race, but an outsider looking at the tech industry probably is. Ideally, yes whether everyone is black or white shouldn't really m

by rza 13y ago

You may not be thinking about race, but an outsider looking at the tech industry probably is. Ideally, yes whether everyone is black or white shouldn't really matter, but I'm sure you feel the same way as well when you are in an 'ethnic' neighborhood or gathering. You don't feel the sense of belonging or at the very least, the racial apathy that everyone else feels. By gathering people with the same upbringing together to work toward a common goal, it builds camaraderie and morale, not so different from why companies care about 'culture-fit'.

jquery 13y ago
> an outsider looking at the tech industry probably is Is that something to be encouraged or discouraged? > By gathering people with the same upbringing together to work toward a common goal, People of the same race have the same upbringing? What am I even reading? > I'm sure you feel the same way as well when you are in an 'ethnic' neighborhood or gathering. Are we as a society supposed to indulge that feeling? Pampering that feeling creates more racial fracturing than it fixes.
- rza 13y ago
  I won't go into what's right and what's wrong or what the solution should be. I myself am often skeptical about the purpose of a lot of racial discussion, but I don't see anything terrible about black girls trying to come together and code. I won't ignore the basic human psychology that you will gravitate toward people you feel you have more in common with. > Is that something to be encouraged or discouraged? I think you're reading way too much into what I'm saying. I'm just stating how I think it is. Whether you like it or not, when a homogeneous group gains power anywhere, people will be suspicious, just like if a company was run solely by Republicans, the Smith family, or black people. > People of the same race have the same upbringing? What am I even reading? Fine, I'll be more specific, under-privileged African-Americans, 2nd generation Latinos, Southern rural white people tend to have have similar upbringings with regard to family, income, culture, and education. > Are we as a society supposed to indulge that feeling? > Pampering that feeling creates more racial fracturing than it fixes. I'm not offering any solutions. But for the topic at hand, when black girls come together to code, that's not saying they shouldn't hangout with white people. You're implying a false conflict. That wouldn't be the case with something like affirmative action or racial quotas which does cause conflicts.

by rza 13y ago

jquery 13y ago

> an outsider looking at the tech industry probably is Is that something to be encouraged or discouraged? > By gathering people with the same upbringing together to work toward a common goal, People of the same race have the same upbringing? What am I even reading? > I'm sure you feel the same way as well when you are in an 'ethnic' neighborhood or gathering. Are we as a society supposed to indulge that feeling? Pampering that feeling creates more racial fracturing than it fixes.

rza 13y ago
I won't go into what's right and what's wrong or what the solution should be. I myself am often skeptical about the purpose of a lot of racial discussion, but I don't see anything terrible about black girls trying to come together and code. I won't ignore the basic human psychology that you will gravitate toward people you feel you have more in common with. > Is that something to be encouraged or discouraged? I think you're reading way too much into what I'm saying. I'm just stating how I think it is. Whether you like it or not, when a homogeneous group gains power anywhere, people will be suspicious, just like if a company was run solely by Republicans, the Smith family, or black people. > People of the same race have the same upbringing? What am I even reading? Fine, I'll be more specific, under-privileged African-Americans, 2nd generation Latinos, Southern rural white people tend to have have similar upbringings with regard to family, income, culture, and education. > Are we as a society supposed to indulge that feeling? > Pampering that feeling creates more racial fracturing than it fixes. I'm not offering any solutions. But for the topic at hand, when black girls come together to code, that's not saying they shouldn't hangout with white people. You're implying a false conflict. That wouldn't be the case with something like affirmative action or racial quotas which does cause conflicts.