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A comment on No, I Am Not Lost – A Black Woman's Experience in the Stanford CS Major. Parent comment

Re:No, I Am Not Lost – A Black Woman's Experience in the Sta... by tbrownaw on Tuesday July 21, 2015 @10:24PM (#9927363)
It would be a massive undertaking that would involve shakeups at the core of our society.

Maybe.

If the main issue is cultural attitudes (either of the people in question, or of the people running the schools), sure.

But if it's mostly about access to resources (as suggested in another post here, time-at-keyboard), that's merely a large undertaking and doesn't need to be coordinated as well. In this case, the greatest requires resource would probably be patience.

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Re:No, I Am Not Lost – A Black Woman's Experience in the Sta... by codygman on Wednesday July 22, 2015 @02:45AM (#9928070)
A very anecdotal example is that my white parents were very lenient and I very few chores or responsibilities growing up so I spent my extra time on the computer, whereas my black friends were always shocked at how much free time my parents gave me.
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