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Re:What Really Keeps Women Out of Tech by wtbob on Sunday October 11, 2015 @08:08PM (#10371749)
> Why can't the shared culture be a mutual commitment to high-quality work?

Because that's not how human beings bond. We don't bond over a single facet of our lives; we bond as a community. The modern world, in which we live different places, believe different things and pursue different jobs, is poison for any sense of community.

Re:What Really Keeps Women Out of Tech by tptacek on Sunday October 11, 2015 @08:23PM (#10371800)
A group of middle-class white guys will bond more quickly and easily than a group that mixes white guys and low-income black women.

So where do you draw the line? It's clearly not OK, even in the name of "cohesion", to encourage a culture that excludes people of different income levels or ethnicities.