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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by paulhauggis on Saturday March 01, 2014 @11:56PM (#7327767)
"If you truly care about people in tech, you should applaud any well-meaning effort to get more people excited about tech, such as this, irrespective of how the event is phrased."

What if it was phrased "whites in tech". Would you be okay with it?

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by argumentum on Sunday March 02, 2014 @12:14AM (#7327815)
Okay in what sense? I would absolutely defend someone's right to hold such an event.

I wouldn't even be against it, I would likely just not care about it (what's the point).

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by illuminate on Monday March 03, 2014 @12:47AM (#7332237)
"What if it was phrased "whites in tech". Would you be okay with it?"

When Whites are an oppressed minority, sure.

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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by piebob on Sunday March 02, 2014 @02:17PM (#7330330)
this'll really blow your mind, then: http://www.blackgirlscode.com/
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Re:Y Combinator Female Founders Conference LiveStream by enneff on Sunday March 02, 2014 @12:08AM (#7327798)
I would wonder why the hell it's necessary, considering the technology industry is dominated by white people.

http://www.lpfi.org/sites/default/files/tilted_playing_field...

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