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Re:Silicon Valley and Black Coders: Howard University fights... by x1024 on Thursday January 21, 2016 @09:17AM (#10945260)
That is true, but it doesn't mean they should be given a job they don't have the skills for. Or would you like to have "Affirmative Action" doctors?
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Re:Silicon Valley and Black Coders: Howard University fights... by rquantz on Thursday January 21, 2016 @09:28AM (#10945355)
And of course that's what you jump to. I certainly do think there should be affirmative action in the medical profession, and there is.

I don't for a minute believe it is necessary to have been coding since you were 12 in order to do most jobs in Silicon Valley. But if companies decide to discount people because of it, then you will absolutely filter out people who come from lower economic backgrounds.

This is a great example of institutional racism.

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Re:Silicon Valley and Black Coders: Howard University fights... by x1024 on Thursday January 21, 2016 @06:29PM (#10949409)
Sadly, you are wrong. 4 years of computer usage is not nearly enough to be prepared to be a programmer.
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