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Re: Racism in Tech

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Post by nubela »

Well, I'm not from the valley, but I've heard that in SV, its almost as if 50% of the population is made of asians, what about that?

Re: Racism in Tech

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Post by kahawe »

This story is shocking and I hate to nit-pick here but

> Just to remind all of us that racism is alive and well in the US and in tech. [...] The customer site is a government owned military installation.

This doesn't make it any "better", actually much worse, but this is not "in tech".

What I find both shocking and curious about racism is that it is a much more widespread problem throughout the world, not only limited to white racism - there is very strong racism throughout history in a lot of different cultures and is still prevalent there today. Why do humans even care about where someone was born or where they are from? Where and why did racism start at all?

Re: Racism in Tech

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Post by d3x »

This entire issue is crap.

I am a black programmer...

I have no college education, came from single family home blah blah womp womp.

I have launched 10+ projects for clients this year alone. I have 1 failed contract where I left because it just didn't work out.

When I had success it was not because I was black and when I failed it was not because I was black. Both when I have succeeded and when I have failed was never been treated like anything but an equal by my peers.

I personally thing that the NewMe accelerator is total crap and should not exit. What strategic advantage comes from going to a "black" incubator? I dont have a black startup because I dont have all black customers. The one thing this has managed to accomplish is to distract people from finding and solving huge problems and instead focus on some BS issue that has no value.

My only advice to "black" and other entrepreneurs is shut up, go code and make something awesome. The rest will take care of itself.

This entire issue is being exploited to get attention for Angela Benton and her new accelerator. I dont think its fair to cast a shadow over the awesome people I have had the opportunity to work with over the last 12 years in this field simply because someone wants to get some press at the expense of others.

... now back to coding ...

Re: Racism in Tech

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Post by watty »

So one of their customers is racist and now racism is "alive and well". Seems like they were living in a bubble if they thought racism no longer existed.

Re: Racism in Tech

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Post by k33n »

I think racism is about as far from a relevant issue as you can get. Honestly, the people who get bent out of shape about it are just as backwards as the few people who are still actually racist.

Edit: Since davidw is claiming that I think victims of racism are backwards, I'd like to clarify. I think that all victims of crimes and discrimination should be treated with respect and dignity by polite society (which far outnumber racists). It's my opinion that getting upset about a rude military contractor (like the one in this article) is backwards and is giving his point of view way more attention than it deserves. He should be disregarded entirely because his worldview is irrelevant.

This issue clearly touched some nerves.

Re: Racism in Tech

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Post by watty »

d3x wrote: post #6

This entire issue is crap. I am a black programmer... I have no college education, came from single family home blah blah womp womp. I have launched 10+ projects for clients this year alone. I have 1 failed contract where I left because it just didn't work out. When I had success it was not because I was black and when I failed it was not because I was black. Both when I have succeeded and when I have failed was neve…

I wouldn't be surprised if racism in the tech industry was more towards Indians.
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