kinda strange to see such a sudden spike in discussion re: lack of racial diversity in “women in tech” programs bc of ghc this year when it’s been such an obvious blind spot ever since diversity was even a topic
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distinctly remember being in school and seeing pics from friends who interned via freshman diversity programs like fbu or google ep or microsoft explore and every time it’s a group of black/latinx guys and white/asian girls
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whoever writes the copy for these should probably understand that while women are obviously underrepresented in tech, a bunch of white and asian female stanford students from bay area engineer families are by no means from any kind of “underrepresented community”pic.twitter.com/R1Ly3n9bZL
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Remember the obstacles for entry. Location. Affordability to take an unpaid/low paying internship. Knowledge of said program even existing. Competitiveness of program. &c
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