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> Interestingly I see a lot of comments saying we need more women in tech, but none saying we need more black people in tech. Let's assume California needs mor

> Interestingly I see a lot of comments saying we need more women in tech, but none saying we need more black people in tech. Let's assume California needs more black people in tech. Does China need more white people in tech?

heldrida 12y ago
Even better, in the US why don't we see more native Americans in Tech ? In Australia why don't we see more aboriginal in Tech ? Why in America, police shoot black people all the time ? Why is there so many poor black people, homeless black people ? The same for aboriginal people in Australia. It's not hard to figure out where all this is coming from.
ivanca 12y ago
White people in China accounts for 0.8%, black people accounts for 13% of the US, meaning statistically one in every 10 techies should be black but they are not and financial opportunities are also statistically low in that racial group (probably not for white people in China) I also believe segregating help is not the best idea in the world but lets face that is not so clear cut.
enupten 12y ago
Yes, but only in an alternate world where China smuggled white slaves, repressed them for 400 years, and who then went on to become naturalised citizens. The stupidity!
- peterfirefly 12y ago
  You should perhaps look a little bit into the history of slavery. It was not white against black or Europeans against Africans. It was everybody against everybody else. The Muslim history of slavery is quite interesting, for example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_(colonist) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_(colonist) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_slave_trade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_slave_trade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_China
douche 12y ago
The better analogy would be saying that China needs more Manchus, or Hakkas, or Uyghurs in tech.
cauterized 12y ago
Poor analogy. 10-15% of CA's population is black. Something like 1% of Silicon Valley tech employees are black. The percentage of white people in China is vanishingly small. And AFAIK China doesn't claim to be a land of equal opportunity.

heldrida 12y ago

Even better, in the US why don't we see more native Americans in Tech ? In Australia why don't we see more aboriginal in Tech ? Why in America, police shoot black people all the time ? Why is there so many poor black people, homeless black people ? The same for aboriginal people in Australia. It's not hard to figure out where all this is coming from.

ivanca 12y ago

White people in China accounts for 0.8%, black people accounts for 13% of the US, meaning statistically one in every 10 techies should be black but they are not and financial opportunities are also statistically low in that racial group (probably not for white people in China) I also believe segregating help is not the best idea in the world but lets face that is not so clear cut.

enupten 12y ago

Yes, but only in an alternate world where China smuggled white slaves, repressed them for 400 years, and who then went on to become naturalised citizens. The stupidity!

peterfirefly 12y ago
You should perhaps look a little bit into the history of slavery. It was not white against black or Europeans against Africans. It was everybody against everybody else. The Muslim history of slavery is quite interesting, for example. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_(colonist) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Johnson_(colonist) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_slave_trade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab_slave_trade http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_China http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_China

douche 12y ago

The better analogy would be saying that China needs more Manchus, or Hakkas, or Uyghurs in tech.

cauterized 12y ago

Poor analogy. 10-15% of CA's population is black. Something like 1% of Silicon Valley tech employees are black. The percentage of white people in China is vanishingly small. And AFAIK China doesn't claim to be a land of equal opportunity.