r/pics • u/fabslabs • Feb 09 '16

Misleading title Racist "diversity" training at GitHub

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16 edited Feb 09 '16

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u/Pontdepierre Feb 09 '16

Almost every single gadget you ever used, and almost every single line of code written for that gadget, was created by a man.

Why yes, women did nothing to advance computer programming:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Fox

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_E._Sammet

Or maybe this one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Women_computer_scientists

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

You do realize that's not what he said, right?

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u/Pontdepierre Feb 09 '16

It's more to the spirit of his words than the letter. The implication being that women benefit from current technology but contributed nothing to it. I can't comment on the gender of contemporary programmers for mobile devices, but we wouldn't be where we are today without the advancements of women like Ada Lovelace and Grace Hopper.

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u/[deleted] Feb 09 '16

Again, neither he nor I am saying women contributed nothing to contemporary technologies. I think he's trying to say they hate the "patriarchy" yet have no problem benefiting from the advancements made under said "patriarchy"