Slack got four of its black female engineers to accept a startup award

Re:Slack got four of its black female engineers to accept a ... by minikites on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @04:27PM (#11076145)

Whites and men already enjoy a privileged status in the USA in most areas of society and efforts like these are an attempt to even it out. Whether or not this example is the correct method, that is the motivation. Additionally, there are plenty of efforts using this principle to include men in traditionally female dominated fields like nursing and teaching.

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Re:Slack got four of its black female engineers to accept a ... by Natsu on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @04:36PM (#11076250)

> Additionally, there are plenty of efforts using this principle to include men in traditionally female dominated fields like nursing and teaching.

That's very interesting. Can you point me to somewhere I could find more information regarding this?

The best I could find on Google was this: http://www.academia.edu/1838697/The_Dilemmas_of_Male_Element...

It does mention that, but I couldn't find much about the efforts themselves, just research.

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Re:Slack got four of its black female engineers to accept a ... by minikites on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @06:33PM (#11077090)

I found this: http://www.jacksonvilleu.com/resources/career/men-in-nursing... by searching for "male nursing recruitment" and it mentions several examples.

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Re:Slack got four of its black female engineers to accept a ... by jsf666 on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @04:37PM (#11076253)

Please show me evidence to these delusions. And why white men are so underrepresented in sports? Should we somehow change that?

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Re:Slack got four of its black female engineers to accept a ... by minikites on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @06:34PM (#11077101)

Based on your tone I'm going to guess there is no amount of evidence that will change your mind.

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