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gnarbarian 13y ago
Humor is just my way of poking fun at quirks in our society. For example why aren't we as concerned about the male domination of the sanitation industry?[1] [1]http://jobstat.net/jobs/sanitation-worker/ http://jobstat.net/jobs/sanitation-worker/
- mladenkovacevic 13y ago
  Of all the "quirks" in this world you find this one worthy of snark? What I find more quirky is that using the word "black" is perfectly ok in all other domains of life "black neighborhood", "black music", "black hair", "black person"... But as soon as this word invades a professional domain tyically occupied by white males, with the goal of hopefully attracting some black girls who previously would have never seen programming as an option, it becomes a "quirk". Or as some other vigilant posters in this thread have indicated, out right DISCRIMINATION. Supposedly against blacks themselves, or maybe just human life in general. But who are we kidding, it's discrimination targeted at the world's most endangered creature -the rare and precious north american white male.
  - gnarbarian 13y ago
    >Of all the "quirks" in this world you find this one worthy of snark? Because it's here on the front page and I was listening to the "Dead Milkmen". I'm sorry if I may have offended you. The quirk I was referring to is the fact that equality is only championed for trendy jobs perceived as desirable. There are no "Black Girls Construction" events for example.
    - mladenkovacevic 13y ago
      As a white guy I take no personal offence. Just pointing out life's little quirks. Desirable generally doesn't equal trendy.. Desirable just means "doesn't have to work two additional jobs in order to make ends meet". Construction is probably a bad example of undesirable.. Where I'm from it is rather desirable as you can make a lot of money and have a great degree of independence. I bet there are one or two "black girls in construction" groups around here in Canada at least.
      - gnarbarian 13y ago
        fair enough, my point still stands though. I don't see people clammoring over the gender disparity in janitorial positions for example. I simply think events like this are odd. I don't think they should be gendered or racially restricted. When I was in high-school I had to teach myself programming. There were no resources for me to take advantage of like this I would have loved to attend something like it. There were also huge negative stigmas associated with (nerds) who played computer games at the time which is how most of us got into games. The best way to get any kid interested in tech is video games. They will be interested in a career there if they look up to role models in that industry. Kids need to respect and look up to scientists and engineers rather than pop culture and sports stars. I myself was guilty of this when I was younger, Then I played quake and it blew me away. Afterward I looked up to John Carmack and started learning about computers.
        mladenkovacevic 13y ago
        There are many events that are not catered to specific genders or racial backgrounds. This one just happens to be not one of those. I guess I can see how an event like this might seem odd to a non-black male.. But America is an odd country where cultural trends are completely deformed (its not just america but let's focus on her for now). This event would just be the first step to show an alternative norm to a girl who has all her life been exposed to completely negative examples of what she can become. This is her Quake. When the day comes and somebody creates an event called Black Girls Code, and other people: men, women, white and black, completely honestly ask that person "why", that's the day when we can truly call ourselves an equal opportunity and just society. Unfortunately I think this is still quite a ways away.
- makomk 13y ago
  Well, partly it's that sanitation work like that is very much a blue-collar job, and very few feminists really care about the working class women who are most affected by gender discrimination in it. It's a known problem with feminism, basically.

gnarbarian 13y ago

Humor is just my way of poking fun at quirks in our society. For example why aren't we as concerned about the male domination of the sanitation industry?[1] [1]http://jobstat.net/jobs/sanitation-worker/ http://jobstat.net/jobs/sanitation-worker/

mladenkovacevic 13y ago
Of all the "quirks" in this world you find this one worthy of snark? What I find more quirky is that using the word "black" is perfectly ok in all other domains of life "black neighborhood", "black music", "black hair", "black person"... But as soon as this word invades a professional domain tyically occupied by white males, with the goal of hopefully attracting some black girls who previously would have never seen programming as an option, it becomes a "quirk". Or as some other vigilant posters in this thread have indicated, out right DISCRIMINATION. Supposedly against blacks themselves, or maybe just human life in general. But who are we kidding, it's discrimination targeted at the world's most endangered creature -the rare and precious north american white male.
- gnarbarian 13y ago
  >Of all the "quirks" in this world you find this one worthy of snark? Because it's here on the front page and I was listening to the "Dead Milkmen". I'm sorry if I may have offended you. The quirk I was referring to is the fact that equality is only championed for trendy jobs perceived as desirable. There are no "Black Girls Construction" events for example.
  - mladenkovacevic 13y ago
    As a white guy I take no personal offence. Just pointing out life's little quirks. Desirable generally doesn't equal trendy.. Desirable just means "doesn't have to work two additional jobs in order to make ends meet". Construction is probably a bad example of undesirable.. Where I'm from it is rather desirable as you can make a lot of money and have a great degree of independence. I bet there are one or two "black girls in construction" groups around here in Canada at least.
    - gnarbarian 13y ago
      fair enough, my point still stands though. I don't see people clammoring over the gender disparity in janitorial positions for example. I simply think events like this are odd. I don't think they should be gendered or racially restricted. When I was in high-school I had to teach myself programming. There were no resources for me to take advantage of like this I would have loved to attend something like it. There were also huge negative stigmas associated with (nerds) who played computer games at the time which is how most of us got into games. The best way to get any kid interested in tech is video games. They will be interested in a career there if they look up to role models in that industry. Kids need to respect and look up to scientists and engineers rather than pop culture and sports stars. I myself was guilty of this when I was younger, Then I played quake and it blew me away. Afterward I looked up to John Carmack and started learning about computers.
      - mladenkovacevic 13y ago
        There are many events that are not catered to specific genders or racial backgrounds. This one just happens to be not one of those. I guess I can see how an event like this might seem odd to a non-black male.. But America is an odd country where cultural trends are completely deformed (its not just america but let's focus on her for now). This event would just be the first step to show an alternative norm to a girl who has all her life been exposed to completely negative examples of what she can become. This is her Quake. When the day comes and somebody creates an event called Black Girls Code, and other people: men, women, white and black, completely honestly ask that person "why", that's the day when we can truly call ourselves an equal opportunity and just society. Unfortunately I think this is still quite a ways away.
makomk 13y ago
Well, partly it's that sanitation work like that is very much a blue-collar job, and very few feminists really care about the working class women who are most affected by gender discrimination in it. It's a known problem with feminism, basically.