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0 pointsmladenkovacevic12y ago0 comments

As a white guy I take no personal offence. Just pointing out life's little quirks.

Desirable generally doesn't equal trendy.. Desirable just means "doesn't have to work two additional jobs in order to make ends meet". Construction is probably a bad example of undesirable.. Where I'm from it is rather desirable as you can make a lot of money and have a great degree of independence. I bet there are one or two "black girls in construction" groups around here in Canada at least.

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gnarbarian12y ago· 1 in thread

fair enough, my point still stands though. I don't see people clammoring over the gender disparity in janitorial positions for example. I simply think events like this are odd. I don't think they should be gendered or racially restricted. When I was in high-school I had to teach myself programming. There were no resources for me to take advantage of like this I would have loved to attend something like it. There were also huge negative stigmas associated with (nerds) who played computer games at the time which is how most of us got into games.

The best way to get any kid interested in tech is video games. They will be interested in a career there if they look up to role models in that industry. Kids need to respect and look up to scientists and engineers rather than pop culture and sports stars. I myself was guilty of this when I was younger, Then I played quake and it blew me away. Afterward I looked up to John Carmack and started learning about computers.

mladenkovacevicOP12y ago

There are many events that are not catered to specific genders or racial backgrounds. This one just happens to be not one of those.

I guess I can see how an event like this might seem odd to a non-black male.. But America is an odd country where cultural trends are completely deformed (its not just america but let's focus on her for now). This event would just be the first step to show an alternative norm to a girl who has all her life been exposed to completely negative examples of what she can become. This is her Quake.

When the day comes and somebody creates an event called Black Girls Code, and other people: men, women, white and black, completely honestly ask that person "why", that's the day when we can truly call ourselves an equal opportunity and just society. Unfortunately I think this is still quite a ways away.