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Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok by Camillo on Sunday November 18, 2012 @05:19PM (#4801899)
Like I said, in my university in America I see a majority of non-white students in CS. I really can't see them thinking "can I really do this? should I be doing this? why is my face different from all the other computer guys' faces?". Heck, a huge chunk of the professors are also non-white.
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Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok by danilocampos on Sunday November 18, 2012 @05:33PM (#4801943)
Guys!

It's cool. Everything is totally cool.

I haven't had a boss who wasn't a white male in nearly a decade, women are still harassed at conferences, and we can only find white guys to talk at a conference about a language invented by a Japanese guy.

But Camillo's class has foreigners in it, so everything is completely okay now.

There's a big difference between the composition of your university class and the social makeup of a professional community. Let's talk when you're out in your career.

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Re:Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok by Camillo on Sunday November 18, 2012 @06:17PM (#4802063)
anonymous was asking about a lack of inspiration. The fact that there are so many students shows that they are definitely being inspired to enter the field.
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