Silicon Valley and Black Coders: Howard University fights to join the tech boom

Post by autoreleasepool » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 6:16 PM UTC

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I get your point but I do think that "European culture" (that sounds strange to my American ears as I typically think of the individual nations, not Europe as a whole) is more homogeneous than Asian culture. Not that it is homogeneous, just closer on the spectrum.

Isn't it strange though that we agglomerate all of Asia into one, when it has two constituent parts that are larger than all of Europe combined, and with another billion or two spread out among a bunch of other smaller countries (the 8th most populous of which being larger than the most populous country in Europe)? Hell, if Germany was a province of China, it'd barely crack the top five in population. Spain wouldn't…

Post by tomp » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 6:30 PM UTC

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Haven't you heard that racism = power + prejudice, so black people by definition can't be racist because they don't have power? (This is not an opinion that I agree with, but a lot of people actually think that way).

The topic of race in america is a complex one. But our understanding of it evolves over time, just like in every other field of study. As a technical matter, the definition of racism is "prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one's own race is superior". That last part is important. Things can be racially motivated and negative without being raci…

Post by solaris_2 » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 7:02 PM UTC

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As a human that people in America would call black/African-American I really dislike articles like this. I understand that some black people feel like they cant relate to others, but I find the entire premise of such arguments about homogeneous workplaces and cultures completely ridiculous. The culture of 'black' people in Alabama will be very different from Howard or Washington DC, does that mean Alabama is unwelcom…

Post by rhino369 » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 7:11 PM UTC

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America is undisputedly the best country at assimililating immigrants. It comes from doing it for centuries. We are one of the only countries with complete mixed ethnicities and a strong nationality. But that doesn't really work for blacks because they aren't a different culture, they are a subculture. Their culture has been a part of American culture from the beginning. For almost all of American history they were e…

> America is undisputedly the best country at assimililating immigrants. > It comes from doing it for centuries. We are one of the only countries with complete mixed ethnicities > and a strong nationality. I'll dispute that. In my experience, Brazil is a better melting pot. Anecdotal example: In Brazil, you don't see people claiming they are Irish when their families have lived in the US for generations.

Post by markmcdonald » Thu, Jan 21, 2016, 7:16 PM UTC

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> I do think, through my personal experience, the Valley is probably the most diverse place that I have been. Yikes. You need to get out more, visit more places in America.

Out of curiosity, besides other large cities like NYC, LA, Chicago where have you experienced a large portion of people from around the world?