I find the whole thing offense. I'm 'white'(ish coloured), I'm also half-african, half-asian, due to geography, and I'm sick of the identity politics. At the end of the day, I can be ~28th generation African, 28th generation Asian, 100% white, and not meet a 'quota'.
Years ago, working with a US company going after 'Section 503' funding for something, I was the randomly pulled auditee. The auditor freaked out at the notion that I can be half-african, half-asian and white, and I refused to 'update my answer' on the government survey. Seriously.
What happened to the idea that in Tech we'd have a legitimate meritocracy. It really doesn't matter what someone's skin tone, language, gender expression, or sexual preference(s) are. We do work, we do work individually and collectively, and we put our best into it. Anything else is simply disingenuous.
Years ago, working with a US company going after 'Section 503' funding for something, I was the randomly pulled auditee. The auditor freaked out at the notion that I can be half-african, half-asian and white, and I refused to 'update my answer' on the government survey. Seriously.
What happened to the idea that in Tech we'd have a legitimate meritocracy. It really doesn't matter what someone's skin tone, language, gender expression, or sexual preference(s) are. We do work, we do work individually and collectively, and we put our best into it. Anything else is simply disingenuous.
/rant over.