I said this on twitter; the reason it matters that its the tech industry and silicon valley specifically is because there is no other place/sector that claims to be on the bleeding edge of progressiveness. So its very “interesting” that the bastion of leading edge technology is also racist and sexist. Thats worth noting I think.
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And trying to do something about, too! Excellent point!
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Sure, but don’t confuse the people who run the tech industry - people like Carly Fiorina and Peter Thiel and the venture capitalist banksters - with the high tech working class. And don’t confuse Brogrammer culture with geek culture.
I have met very few women and POC who have had the necessary background to do my job. This is not the fault of the technicians; it’s the fault of a culture and society that offers fewer educational and economic opportunities to non-white and non-christian families. You can’t fix it by hiring unqualified people, you need generations of affirmative action in the schools and factories.
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Yes. Yes we do.
And to start that we need to address the visible outcomes of these issues and work backwards from there. Pretty sure that @anon61221983 and I agree with that. 
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