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Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by rhizome on Saturday February 06, 2016 @04:25PM (#11049961)
This thread illustrates nicely the sentiment that participation in the program is meaningless if a white person can't lead it.
Re:GitHub is undergoing a full-blown overhaul as execs and e... by angersock on Saturday February 06, 2016 @05:29PM (#11050267)
Inaccurate.

What this thread shows is the sentiment that, if you claim diversity is important, leaving out a group specifically to increase diversity (as opposed to, say, merely reducing their proportion in the cohort) is in fact not being intellectually consistent or honest.

Don't fall into the flippant "Oh ho ho if white's aren't involved I guess it can't ever be legit" sarcastic dismissal. That's neither fair nor accurate.