Duke prof's new computer science course will focus on diversity
(campusreform.org)
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Do you know how many times my own MCS degree referenced someone's identity at all?
In three years, twice. Ada Lovelace and Edsger Dijkstra - they didn't even mention Dijkstra's nationality, I just happen to know that's a Dutch name.
The entire rest of the time it was, if anyone was mentioned at all, $Surname's algorithm or sort or whatever.
They could, each and every one, have been disabled transblack lesbian otherkin and it would not have mattered a jot.
In fact, I seem to recall that some of the big names in the industry to actually fulfil the checkbox mentality, it's just that nobody cares. It doesn't matter if your name is Sophie or Roger, if your work is good.
Sounds a whole lot like toxic white culture to me. As we have been told
BiWacsBIPocs are incapable of being focused, reliable, on time and a whole lot of other things (but WE are racist smh). So demanding good work is problematic now, it's more important that employees feel good.It's to the point where I'm trying to actively vet companies for how white they are because I don't want to get stuck in a shop that's a disaster of an environment. I just want to work with other nerdy white guys. We get shit done, we get along and we can give each other shit without having to worry about anyone running crying to HR about discrimination.