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Google's Diversity Rumpus – The Fun Thing Is He's Right About the Cause

6 pointsby workerIbealmost 8 years ago

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sp332almost 8 years ago
How on earth did this get published... Here&#x27;s my main question, as stated by Marco Rogers: &quot;This is what I don&#x27;t understand about these white dudes. They will <i>admit</i> to a history of racial and gender discrimination. Yet they insist on starting current arguments from the basis that the representation we see today is justified. How does that make sense?&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;polotek&#x2F;status&#x2F;894551256596832256" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;polotek&#x2F;status&#x2F;894551256596832256</a><p>This was a cover article in the Atlantic: &quot;Why Is Silicon Valley So Awful to Women?&quot; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2017&#x2F;04&#x2F;why-is-silicon-valley-so-awful-to-women&#x2F;517788&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theatlantic.com&#x2F;magazine&#x2F;archive&#x2F;2017&#x2F;04&#x2F;why-is-...</a> Discussion <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13871915" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=13871915</a><p>Gender disparity is extra high in computer science and engineering subjects. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net&#x2F;newshour&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;uploads&#x2F;2015&#x2F;04&#x2F;Cummins.bachelors-degrees-1024x553.png" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;d3i6fh83elv35t.cloudfront.net&#x2F;newshour&#x2F;wp-content&#x2F;upl...</a> We know there were historically more women <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&#x2F;smart-news&#x2F;computer-programming-used-to-be-womens-work-718061&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smithsonianmag.com&#x2F;smart-news&#x2F;computer-programmin...</a> so it&#x27;s not like you can argue that it&#x27;s just momentum, let alone genetics. The article is factually wrong from top to bottom.