Tech journalism is less diverse than tech (2020)

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 1:32 AM UTC

1cvmask wrote: post #141

rayiner wrote: post #60

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> Compared to programming and tech, success in a lot of fields in the humanities, including journalism is far more connected to who you know, what family you were born into, what college you went to, and your overall personal network. In such an environment, it is unsurprising that there is a severe lack of diversity. This is one of my concerns about the recent antipathy toward standardized testing. My family came ov…

When you are privileged you have no extra weight or leg up over someone else on standardized tests. That’s why it is the privileged elite who decry tests and call for “diversity.” Under the guise and mask of diversity they try to maintain and entrench their privilege while giving the occasional breadcrumbs to the truly historically disadvantaged. I can’t for the life of me understand how the daughter of Bill Gates is…

Post by fourstar » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 1:40 AM UTC

brabel wrote: post #7

Currently, the USA population is 60.4% white [1]. So, whites are under-represented in big tech (50.1% white according to this post) while over-represented significantly in tech journalism (80% white). That's difficult to understand: why is there such a bias in favour of white people in tech jornalism, but not in tech in general?? [1] https://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/united-states-po...

Post by lvass » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 2:05 AM UTC

1cvmask wrote: post #184

Jensson wrote: post #182

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Privileged white people who wants to preserve their privilege says that the poor white people are the problem and then kick those out in favor of black people. But the privileged white people are still there. And people wonder why poor white people don't like all of this "diversity" rethoric.

The poor whites are the collateral damage to the false flag diversity operation of the white elites. Otherwise the privileged white elites would be replaced/displaced by the test acing primarily non-white immigrants. "Diversity" initiatives is an act of self-preservation for the rich white elites.

Post by flowerbeater » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:17 AM UTC

secondaryacct wrote: post #2

I'd be curious how they define race. Do they have a rule book with color pigment density, size of external attributes and maybe even a grading scale of good to bad "diversity factor"? I find it more disturbing they consider diversity on a pseudo scientific race definition than the supposed lack of diversity. What if in those they call white, many are women, many are young or old, fulltime or partime, idealists or pra…

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 3:20 AM UTC

chrisseaton wrote: post #191

Iefthandrule wrote: post #189

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The point being made is that finance is far more exclusionary and racist/sexist than tech, but tech gets all the articles written about it. The onus would be on those with power to change hiring in finance, much like the big tech companies are tasked with making tech more inclusive.

Tech gets all the articles written about trying to change it, because it's easier and more impactful to change so that's what people are trying right now.