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Here's a little background on the organization:
Black Girls Code (BGC) is a not-for-profit organization that focuses on providing technology education for African-American girls. Kimberly Bryant, an electrical engineer who had worked in biotech for over 20 years, founded Black Girls Code in 2011 in hopes of rectifying the underrepresentation of the female and African-American demographic in the technology industry. Here's why I am against it. Imagine that you are a young Hispanic girl, say 11 or 12 years old, and you encounter this Black Girls Code organization. Does that have a positive or negative impact on your own likelihood of wanting to code? I'm saying more often than not it's a negative impact. Hispanic and African American communities don't always get along, especially in very impoverished areas (and that's putting it nicely). Seeing something like "Black Girls Code" could very likely cause one to think "Well, I'm not black, and I haven't had the best encounters with the black people I know", and a result, it pushes them away from getting interested in this coding stuff. So yeah, this organization sucks and I think it is largely supported by whites and asians who don't understand the conflict here.
I may not go down in history, but I will go down on your sister.
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I just don't trust most non profits in general.
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Sativa_Rose posted... "Well, I'm not black, and I haven't had the best encounters with the black people I know" http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/popcorn_indiana_jones.gif And hey, guess what: http://www.latinagirlscode.org/
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So let's just not help anybody.
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Isn't it a little late in the day for racism?
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ASithLord7 posted...
Why have two separate organizations? The inverse problem exists with that organization. What if Latina Girls Code comes to a black girl's school? The same impact could happen. __aCEr__ posted... So let's just not help anybody. The organizations should just focus on increasing diversity in tech in general without focusing on specific ethnic groups. CruelBuffalo posted... Isn't it a little late in the day for racism? It's certainly not racist to acknowledge the tensions and conflicts that exist between African American communities and Hispanic communities particularly in ghetto areas.
I may not go down in history, but I will go down on your sister.
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why not just Girls Code? why does it have to be race based
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Sativa_Rose posted...
Imagine that you are a young Hispanic girl, say 11 or 12 years old, and you encounter this Black Girls Code organization. Does that have a positive or negative impact on your own likelihood of wanting to code? I'm saying more often than not it's a negative impact. agreed |
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MakoReizei posted...
why not just Girls Code? why does it have to race based Exactly, this is effectively my argument. By limiting it to a certain race, members of other ethnicities (particularly other underprivileged minorities) are excluded if they only encounter the organization that happens to represent another ethnicity. This problem is compounded by the racial tensions that exist in "the ghetto" for lack of a better term.
I may not go down in history, but I will go down on your sister.
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MakoReizei posted...
why not just Girls Code? why does it have to be race based Why not have just "Learn code" instead of this divisive racist/sexist virtue signaling horse s***?
These people are literally ignorant of the law. It's astounding. As the situation escalates I will come out victorious. - DawkinsNumber4
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Why don't you create an organization that helps those other girls then? What's up with the crab mentality?
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meingott posted...
MakoReizei posted...why not just Girls Code? why does it have to be race based good point. |
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We should bring everyone together with pizza burgers!
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MakoReizei posted...
meingott posted...MakoReizei posted...why not just Girls Code? why does it have to be race based I can understand why this would exist in a society where there is a history of women being steered away from those kinds of jobs. Thankfully I think we've improved on this issue, and today's girls are being encouraged to go into more STEM type careers compared to several decades ago.
I may not go down in history, but I will go down on your sister.
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This is quite the topic.
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MakoReizei posted...
why not just Girls Code? why does it have to be race based https://girlswhocode.com/ |
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Iodine posted...
This is quite the stupid topic. |
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Sativa_Rose posted...
Why have two separate organizations? The inverse problem exists with that organization. What if Latina Girls Code comes to a black girl's school? The same impact could happen. 1. Tax issues 2. Helps make it easy for people to realize that these NPOs exist for them 3. Removes decision making from process of what ethnicity applicants to select |
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Sativa_Rose posted...
MakoReizei posted...meingott posted...MakoReizei posted...why not just Girls Code? why does it have to be race based girls already have an advantage in a s*** ton of ways compared with boys. they're already graduating college more, getting better grades, and in their 20s they earn more than men do. it's about time we started giving boys the same type of encouragement and attention, because for the last decade or two boys have been increasingly left behind.
These people are literally ignorant of the law. It's astounding. As the situation escalates I will come out victorious. - DawkinsNumber4
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meingott posted...
girls already have an advantage in a s*** ton of ways compared with boys. they're already graduating college more, getting better grades, and in their 20s they earn more than men do. it's about time we started giving boys the same type of encouragement and attention, because for the last decade or two boys have been increasingly left behind. funny that girls have "so much advantage" and yet all fields of engineering are still completely dominated by men. clearly their advantage doesn't really mean s***. |
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ChromaticAngel posted...
meingott posted...girls already have an advantage in a s*** ton of ways compared with boys. they're already graduating college more, getting better grades, and in their 20s they earn more than men do. it's about time we started giving boys the same type of encouragement and attention, because for the last decade or two boys have been increasingly left behind. because most girls just aren't interested in engineering? there isn't some conspiracy to keep them out of it. |
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yes yes, everything has to be inclusive of everything.
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MakoReizei posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...meingott posted...girls already have an advantage in a s*** ton of ways compared with boys. they're already graduating college more, getting better grades, and in their 20s they earn more than men do. it's about time we started giving boys the same type of encouragement and attention, because for the last decade or two boys have been increasingly left behind. there isn't a conspiracy to push them out, it's just the natural result of misogynist attitudes held by their peers. |
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ChromaticAngel posted...
MakoReizei posted...ChromaticAngel posted...meingott posted...girls already have an advantage in a s*** ton of ways compared with boys. they're already graduating college more, getting better grades, and in their 20s they earn more than men do. it's about time we started giving boys the same type of encouragement and attention, because for the last decade or two boys have been increasingly left behind. No. It just doesn't interest them. Computer programming is nerdy and girls don't want to do nerdy stuff
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ChromaticAngel posted...
MakoReizei posted...ChromaticAngel posted...meingott posted...girls already have an advantage in a s*** ton of ways compared with boys. they're already graduating college more, getting better grades, and in their 20s they earn more than men do. it's about time we started giving boys the same type of encouragement and attention, because for the last decade or two boys have been increasingly left behind. even if that was true, which it isn't, why would it stop them? Just do what you want to do and don't act like everyone's oppressing you. |
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MakoReizei posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...MakoReizei posted...ChromaticAngel posted...meingott posted...girls already have an advantage in a s*** ton of ways compared with boys. they're already graduating college more, getting better grades, and in their 20s they earn more than men do. it's about time we started giving boys the same type of encouragement and attention, because for the last decade or two boys have been increasingly left behind. I'm sure a lot of CEmen like to think of themselves as some kind of guttermind trash that has been exposed and desensitized to every horrible or lascivious thing out there, but comments like these really do wonders to illustrate how innocent some people still are. |
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also it seems kind of offensive to just assume your male peers are misogynists. that word is really abused.
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MakoReizei posted...
also it seems kind of offensive to just assume your male peers are misogynists. that word is really abused. I didn't accuse every male engineer of being misogynist so no problem there. |
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__aCEr__ posted...
So let's just not help anybody. How about help everyone instead of just small subsets? |
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ChromaticAngel posted...
MakoReizei posted...also it seems kind of offensive to just assume your male peers are misogynists. that word is really abused. I didn't say you did lol |
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ChromaticAngel posted...
MakoReizei posted...ChromaticAngel posted...meingott posted...girls already have an advantage in a s*** ton of ways compared with boys. they're already graduating college more, getting better grades, and in their 20s they earn more than men do. it's about time we started giving boys the same type of encouragement and attention, because for the last decade or two boys have been increasingly left behind. Yeah when my sister went to apply for a computer science degree she was laughed out of the room , and when she finally fought her way in she was ignored by lecturer and peer alike for the simple fact she is female. The only times she wasnt talked down to is when they were wolf whistling her in the streets |
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Rika_Furude posted...
__aCEr__ posted...So let's just not help anybody. Because their goal is diversity. Helping everyone just maintains the status quo and changes nothing. |
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That_Happened posted...
Rika_Furude posted...__aCEr__ posted...So let's just not help anybody. "yeah, f*** you people. you're not diverse enough!1111"
These people are literally ignorant of the law. It's astounding. As the situation escalates I will come out victorious. - DawkinsNumber4
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That_Happened posted...
Rika_Furude posted...__aCEr__ posted...So let's just not help anybody. The goal should be to improve the industry, not "diversity" |
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MakoReizei posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...MakoReizei posted...also it seems kind of offensive to just assume your male peers are misogynists. that word is really abused. Fair point. The issue is all it takes is one f***ing creeper to drive off all the women. Look at Fox News and how just O'Reilly and Ailes drove off like a dozen women. Now imagine instead of socially skilled TV personalities you've got a bunch of introverts who spend all day in front of computers and how much worse it gets. Like, imagine you're a woman taking a C++ class and this guy is in it:  He probably won't f***ing go anywhere, much less into an engineering career, but he will make you want to bail on the class and go take a different major. |
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KILBOTz posted...
yes yes, everything has to be inclusive of everything.
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hey chromatic are you this much of a keyboard warrior with regards to how many women are in nursing?
These people are literally ignorant of the law. It's astounding. As the situation escalates I will come out victorious. - DawkinsNumber4
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ChromaticAngel posted...
MakoReizei posted...ChromaticAngel posted...MakoReizei posted...also it seems kind of offensive to just assume your male peers are misogynists. that word is really abused. So she will choose another career because she doesnt like nerds? Whats the problem again? |
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meingott posted...
hey chromatic are you this much of a keyboard warrior with regards to how many women are in nursing? what the f*** are you talking about? |
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Rika_Furude posted...
So she will choose another career because she doesnt like nerds? Whats the problem again? The problem is the a****** that pushed her out of the career in the first place. |
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Rika_Furude posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...MakoReizei posted...ChromaticAngel posted...MakoReizei posted...also it seems kind of offensive to just assume your male peers are misogynists. that word is really abused. the problem is that if 50% of the software developers in the world arent female, that's evidence of the patriarchy
These people are literally ignorant of the law. It's astounding. As the situation escalates I will come out victorious. - DawkinsNumber4
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If a little hispanic girl is inscure enough to get discouraged because there happens to be a black owned/black focused coding group then she's got issues she needs to address.
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ChromaticAngel posted...
Rika_Furude posted...So she will choose another career because she doesnt like nerds? Whats the problem again? Nerds existing doesnt push anyone out of any career. She made a choice herself. |
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ChromaticAngel posted...
meingott posted...hey chromatic are you this much of a keyboard warrior with regards to how many women are in nursing? you have some bizarre fantasy about how these some kind of orchestrated and pervasive effort to keep women out of a field, and i just wanted to know if your fantasy also explains why theres so few men going into the nursing field
These people are literally ignorant of the law. It's astounding. As the situation escalates I will come out victorious. - DawkinsNumber4
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meingott posted...
you have some bizarre fantasy about how these some kind of orchestrated and pervasive effort to keep women out of a field learn to read, thanks. ChromaticAngel posted... there isn't a conspiracy to push them out |
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StealthRock posted...
If a little hispanic girl is inscure enough to get discouraged because there happens to be a black owned/black focused coding group then she's got issues she needs to address. How is that different from saying "if a girl is insecure enough to get discouraged because there happens to be more guys in the classroon, then she's got issues she needs to address"
These people are literally ignorant of the law. It's astounding. As the situation escalates I will come out victorious. - DawkinsNumber4
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ChromaticAngel posted...
meingott posted...you have some bizarre fantasy about how these some kind of orchestrated and pervasive effort to keep women out of a field then stop s***posting about some mythical fedorabeards pushing ladies out of the field. it doesnt happen. people just naturally gravitate towards certain fields. like how women tend to becone nurses far more often than men. not all women need to get into STEM all of a sudden.
These people are literally ignorant of the law. It's astounding. As the situation escalates I will come out victorious. - DawkinsNumber4
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Rika_Furude posted...
ChromaticAngel posted...Rika_Furude posted...So she will choose another career because she doesnt like nerds? Whats the problem again? If all people did was exist, then sure it doesn't push anyone out. When they harass you around every f***ing corner, that's not just "existing" that's "being an a******" |
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ChromaticAngel posted...
Rika_Furude posted...So she will choose another career because she doesnt like nerds? Whats the problem again? Pretty much everyone has deal with a******s or unpleasant things in their academic or professional lives. If you let them prevent you doing something that you want to do then you don't really care enough and it's your fault.
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