Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok

Wizzad · 2012-11-18T22:41:47+00:00

So what exactly was this about?

2012-11-19T04:21:06+00:00

For the people we call "normies"...

Git-Hub is a website for sharing program source-codes. Source codes are what programmers write to make software. They were going to have a conference about their software, but couldn't because all the speakers were white dudes. This is mostly just because lots of programmers are white dudes.

nplant · 2012-11-19T02:07:41+00:00

From the comments section:

"I am in two minds about this too. On one hand, I feel this needs to happen more and more so Conference organizers are forced to start considering diversity from the beginning and initiate programs or reach out to more non-white-males to speak. On the other, it is sad that a conference thought it needs to cancel to get diverse set of speakers in."

How the hell does one end up thinking like this? I mean, really. This person wants volunteers to spend extra time scouring the planet for minority representatives who don't want to show up. How convoluted does your thinking need to get before you think this is a good idea?

mekaj · 2012-11-19T15:02:39+00:00

Disclaimer: I am a feminist, and I'm sharing this because I believe another perspective needs to be represented.

"Nothing anyone does fails because people on twitter say mean things or workers go on strike. The failure begins long before those symptoms appear." http://www.garann.com/dev/2012/hostess-and-britruby/

wwwhistler · 2012-11-19T00:25:57+00:00

should people be up in arms because not many asians are represented in polka music?

casmuff · 2012-11-19T05:37:52+00:00

Next they'll be telling statisticians that their samples cannot be representative and must have equal amounts of people from all genders/races/classes.

ZimbaZumba · 2012-11-19T03:51:15+00:00

Ruby & Python are scripting languages for people who can't really program.

Title	Why Brit Ruby 2013 was cancelled and why this is not ok
Author	stesch
Upvotes	43
Comments	23
Date	November 18, 2012 9:04 PM UTC (13 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/MensRights
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