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>The problem is, they tend to always be ran by the majority group to try to "give a helping hand" to the minority group. It's kind of a patronizing position. I

>The problem is, they tend to always be ran by the majority group to try to "give a helping hand" to the minority group. It's kind of a patronizing position. I didn't need a "helping hand" to become a programmer, and women are smart enough that they don't need a "helping hand" either. And they won't want it. I'm a white guy from Brooklyn who's been successful in tech -- I'm not running this organization, I'm just doing a crowdtilt fundraiser for it. http://www.blackgirlscode.com/about-bgc.html http://www.blackgirlscode.com/about-bgc.html

moron4hire 13y ago
Yeah, I realize that is the case here. My intention was more to head-off the sort of comments that one tends to find in these sorts of threads that try to deny that any problem exists just because the speaker doesn't have an active hand in the problem. But, at the same time, there is a significant problem with the way that people have been trying to address the issue of diversity in general, because it doesn't seem like any progress is being made. There is a lot of prejudice in the world, and it can be overt as in the case of someone specifically ignoring resumes from people not matching their sex or race. And it can be subversive, such as people subconsciously paying more attention to people more like themselves than people less like themselves. I personally believe it's this latter form that is the reason that lack of diversity continues to be an issue. There is not a single aspect of our American culture in which we do not compartmentalize people. We still have sitcoms built on the tropes of housework-inept dads and shopaholic moms. We still have separate boys' and girls' happy meal toys. And because of that, I don't think it's surprising that tackling diversity in one of the leaf-node areas has largely failed.

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>The problem is, they tend to always be ran by the majority group to try to "give a helping hand" to the minority group. It's kind of a patronizing position. I

by kn0thing 13y ago

moron4hire 13y ago
Yeah, I realize that is the case here. My intention was more to head-off the sort of comments that one tends to find in these sorts of threads that try to deny that any problem exists just because the speaker doesn't have an active hand in the problem. But, at the same time, there is a significant problem with the way that people have been trying to address the issue of diversity in general, because it doesn't seem like any progress is being made. There is a lot of prejudice in the world, and it can be overt as in the case of someone specifically ignoring resumes from people not matching their sex or race. And it can be subversive, such as people subconsciously paying more attention to people more like themselves than people less like themselves. I personally believe it's this latter form that is the reason that lack of diversity continues to be an issue. There is not a single aspect of our American culture in which we do not compartmentalize people. We still have sitcoms built on the tropes of housework-inept dads and shopaholic moms. We still have separate boys' and girls' happy meal toys. And because of that, I don't think it's surprising that tackling diversity in one of the leaf-node areas has largely failed.