Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by edw519 » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 7:35 PM UTC

Black Girls Code launching in Miami
miamiherald.com

Re: Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by Bsharp » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 7:54 PM UTC

This is great, thanks for sharing! Hopefully it's able to stick - I live in Miami and there is little-to-no tech culture around.

Re: Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by xpop2027 » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 7:57 PM UTC

Bsharp wrote: post #2

This is great, thanks for sharing! Hopefully it's able to stick - I live in Miami and there is little-to-no tech culture around.

You have to check out one of the Refresh Miami events, tech meetup once a month!

refreshmiami.com

Re: Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by elwell » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 7:59 PM UTC

I wasn't thinking about race; now I am. I believe minority focused groups, such as this, perpetuate racial discrimination. Can't we all just be one big group of humans? Disagree with my viewpoint? Please comment before you downvote. I'm willing to rethink my views.

Re: Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by bayesianhorse » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 7:59 PM UTC

I'm a bit sceptical of initiatives that carry their ethnic and gender requirements in their name, but I guess those initiatives can't exactly hurt "diversity" either.

But even "diversity" isn't the right moniker for this movement. I think "undiversity" or segregation, especially in tech is the result of "biased sampling" for all sorts of reasons. Hard to counter, but necessary!

Re: Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by tomasien » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 7:59 PM UTC

I'm really, really worried about this thread. Holding my breathe.

(Edit: for context, when I posted this, there was 1 comment by Bsharp.)

Re: Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by tomblomfield » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 8:00 PM UTC

I really value initiatives that teach people to code, and I've taught at a few myself. But I wonder at the value of this increasing focus on certain minorities. Should we have classes focussed on teaching gay people to code?

Re: Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by tomasien » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 8:01 PM UTC

tomasien wrote: post #6

I'm really, really worried about this thread. Holding my breathe. (Edit: for context, when I posted this, there was 1 comment by Bsharp.)

Oh my good lord that was fast

Re: Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by fidotron » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 8:01 PM UTC

It's very true that if you aren't based in SV but visit it regularly this is something that jars every damn time. Doing something positive about it is great.

The other side is the rest of us should see it as an opportunity, given that the effective monoculture in SV gives them a sort of blindness to certain product areas.

Re: Black Girls Code launching in Miami

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Post by dethstar » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 8:04 PM UTC

elwell wrote: post #4

I wasn't thinking about race; now I am. I believe minority focused groups, such as this, perpetuate racial discrimination. Can't we all just be one big group of humans? Disagree with my viewpoint? Please comment before you downvote. I'm willing to rethink my views.

Trying to join the masses of white males have often resulted in failure, should those black women that are trying to learn something wait until they might be accepted instead of starting their own safe spaces, just to please your idea of "one big group of humans"?