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No: Black Girls Code is focusing on black vs white (dominant paradigm in US) female vs male young vs old It's attempting to do successful intervention & mar

by kaitai 13y ago

No: Black Girls Code is focusing on black vs white (dominant paradigm in US) female vs male young vs old It's attempting to do successful intervention & marketing, essentially, by focusing on a specific demographic. As we all should know, focusing on a specific demographic is a fine way to produce a product targeted to that demographic's needs. Young black women have different pain points in tech than Zuckalikes or male first-born children of Chinese immigrants. It is obvious that other organizations with mainly white or male constituents are not effectively serving the market and it's no surprise that something better for this target group has come along. The rest of your comment is pure silliness. Every power that came into power, to repeat your phrasing, did so by claiming they were the best and then grabbing the money. When I see the black girls of code claiming they are racially and morally superior to everyone else, and making tons of cash, I'll consider believing you.

joyeuse6701 13y ago
You're right, but I'd say my comparison is at least a subset of what you're covering. Yeah, targeting is one thing, exclusion is entirely another. If you're excluding other races from your product that's well...racist. >The rest of your comment is pure silliness. Every power that came into power, to repeat your phrasing, did so by claiming they were the best and then grabbing the money. When I see the black girls of code claiming they are racially and morally superior to everyone else, and making tons of cash, I'll consider believing you. Well, I said potentially and you said 'claiming' implying an active process of obtaining power. We are in agreement that black girls are not a powerful force in the development community, but neither were (pick small exclusionary group/minority that came to power). Rwanda anyone? They aren't now, but could be, especially with the principles they are using that are in place.

by kaitai 13y ago

joyeuse6701 13y ago

You're right, but I'd say my comparison is at least a subset of what you're covering. Yeah, targeting is one thing, exclusion is entirely another. If you're excluding other races from your product that's well...racist. >The rest of your comment is pure silliness. Every power that came into power, to repeat your phrasing, did so by claiming they were the best and then grabbing the money. When I see the black girls of code claiming they are racially and morally superior to everyone else, and making tons of cash, I'll consider believing you. Well, I said potentially and you said 'claiming' implying an active process of obtaining power. We are in agreement that black girls are not a powerful force in the development community, but neither were (pick small exclusionary group/minority that came to power). Rwanda anyone? They aren't now, but could be, especially with the principles they are using that are in place.