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Every time we take our dog to the vet, every single vet is white, but every single vet TECH is a minority. Your thinking is the same kind of logic that says 'w

• Mikeb85 13y ago
  And I can't count the amount of doctors I've gone to who are Asian, Indian or African (most of them). Being married to a black woman (who's also an immigrant), I get to hear 'the other side' if you will, every single day. My inlaws and wife's family are quite numerous, and are all immigrants. Let's just put it this way - they don't think the same way white people do. Most immigrants think going through so much schooling to become a vet is a waste of time. Taking a tech job temporarily en route to something better is at least understandable. I love how everyone is so quick to jump on the discrimination train. Maybe travel to some non-white countries and hang out with non-white people who aren't in the same industry and you'll realize there ARE cultural differences. In Canada over half of all small businesses are owned by women, yet most 'tech' start-ups are owned by men. If you break down the numbers further, approx 1/4 of CS graduates are women, yet less than that number are in tech start-ups. Maybe there's a valid reason, beyond discrimination...