Re:How to Game Silicon Valley’s System
by neilk on Friday February 13, 2015 @01:02PM
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There's a difference between being structurally racist, and viciously, personally racist. The tech industry isn't filled with KKK members or open chauvinists (and anyone expressing such sentiments in public would be ejected immediately).
On the other hand there are a lot of barriers in place, of access and unconscious bias, which cause some very different outcomes.
How else would you explain the wide disparities? There are hardly any women or non-white non-Asians in technology in North America. And it's way out of line with comparable disciplines like mathematics or other sorts of engineering. CS is the only discipline where the number of women is actually going down.
On the other hand there are a lot of barriers in place, of access and unconscious bias, which cause some very different outcomes.
How else would you explain the wide disparities? There are hardly any women or non-white non-Asians in technology in North America. And it's way out of line with comparable disciplines like mathematics or other sorts of engineering. CS is the only discipline where the number of women is actually going down.
http://flowingdata.com/2014/10/30/decline-of-women-in-comput...