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DjangoGirls is very good at on-boarding women. They provide a non-threatening and positive environment to get over the first hurdles in developing. They focus o
by bayesianhorse 11y ago
DjangoGirls is very good at on-boarding women. They provide a non-threatening and positive environment to get over the first hurdles in developing. They focus on that area, they are great at it, and why should we criticize them for this?
I generally think these kinds of "reverse discrimination" arguments are mainly BS. There definitely is discrimination or at least unfavorable biases about gender in technology. Diversity initiatives don't even come close to compensating these disadvantages.
- anon3_ 11y agoPeople have disadvantages, especially white men. Who comprise most of tech. You can bet we have to live with any disadvantages and no ones giving us sympathy Why onboard women? Why give them silver spoons? Why is this a thing?
- bayesianhorse 11y agoWhite male privilege doesn't mean you have it easy. It's just that as a black person or woman or both, you have it a lot less easy. DjangoGirls is no "silver spoon" by any means. It's hard work and many of the participants struggle to get through the tutorial in a day. Still, this "silver spoon" as you put it, doesn't come close to equalizing the evident discrimination.