re: This anti-diversity manifesto penned by a software engineer is going viral inside Google

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That's unjust. That's not a concept that drives this country or underlies our legal system. What you are talking about is the same as the blood libel the Nazis used to justify Holocausting the Jews for the perceived group sins of their ancestors. I can tell this is going to fly right over you head, but the opinion you hold is deeply fricked up.

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I don't think it's the same at all. I have no problem, for example, with taxpayer money being used specifically on systems and platforms designed to promote education of a historically disenfranchised minority. I think it's an investment. It also has the bonus of being a form of general restitution.

It has to stop sooner or later though and I don't know where you draw that line. It shouldn't be to the detriment of another demographic either.

I suppose I just advocate for scholarship/educational opportunities based reparations and I'm less inclined to support affirmative action or forcing demographics in the work place as long as race and gender aren't being used to exclude people.

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I suppose I just advocate for scholarship/educational opportunities based reparations and I'm less inclined to support affirmative action or forcing demographics in the work place as long as race and gender aren't being used to exclude people.

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Just out of curiosity are you black?

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It's been less than 100 years but close enough. So you're looking at what.. 3 generations.. is that enough time?

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Women had the right to vote before the Constitutional Amendment. It happened in 11 states. They just couldn't vote for President.

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Equating a push to get more female employees in tech fields is the same as a push to also have them represented in prison populations, school dropout rates, and homelessness?

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Yes because it's only being pushed because there's a perceived industry-wide discrimination. Women were not attracted to the tech field in any noticeable numbers until the internet started getting hot in the mid-to-late 90's (thanks in large part to AOL being the first large ISP to go from a per-hour charge to a flat, monthly rate for connectivity). Prior to that, seeing a female in a computer-related field was like seeing a Bigfoot riding a fricking unicorn. Not because they were being kept out but because they just weren't interested in the field.

We're only ~20 years out from that -barely a generation- but in that time I've noticed a frickton lot more women in the field (although still only ~25-30% of Comp Sci graduates are female). What the Left is trying to do (and what this guy is pointing out) is that they are trying to rush the natural process. It would be like showing up 20 years after the first settlers reached the Pacific Ocean and expecting to find cities with paved streets and a Starbucks on every corner.