| >But I can't help thinking, what if my daughter wanted to go to this with say a black friend, she wouldn't be allowed. I don't think that's the case. Quoting from a description of one event hosted by Black Girls Code: >Who can participate in the hackathon? >The Hackathon is open to girls of all experience levels. All are welcome and encouraged to register, whether a participant has previous coding exposure or is new to coding and app development! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/bgc-and-nike-virtual-hackathon-... If your daughter wants to go with her friend, I don't think the staff at the event would mind. Heck, they might love it to know a little girl in their target demographic had a coding buddy. >I'd prefer kids were taught that they can try anything they dam well please. They just need to try. They should also be taught that, but they're only human like the rest of us. Discouragement is often irrational, but that doesn't make it irrelevant. |