Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
by kragen on Saturday January 11, 2025 @03:11AM
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I agree that SV (the actual physical location) and the US software industry are less racist than most of the rest of the US. But they're still way more racist than, say, Porto Alegre or Caracas, which are no egalitarian utopias either. And the reason for this is, in fact, the broader culture of the US. (Not “American culture” because that would affect Brazil and Venezuela just as much as the US.)
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Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
by RestlessMind on Saturday January 11, 2025 @02:24PM
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[Aside: thanks for engaging in a civil manner, really appreciate that]
> Their kids still don't end up as programmers
I can see that there could be racism which prevents upper middle class black kids from becoming programmers. Do you think it's because of SV (metaphor) or because of racism in the pipeline leading to SV? If it's the latter, can SV even do anything about it?
Re:Meta's memo to employees rolling back DEI programs
by kragen on Saturday January 11, 2025 @05:31PM
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It's difficult to engage in a civil way on such a controversial issue. I appreciate your collaboration on that matter as well.
There's clearly a pipeline problem. As Ibrahim Diallo's experience shows, it's not just a pipeline problem; it's also an SV problem: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53180073