[oblio]

The mental model is simple. Tech has grown. It's no longer a niche domain. It employs a large percentage of the overall population.

The fact that it is not representative of the general population (and I'm not even talking about men vs women, that's another huge can of worms), means that something is wrong somewhere along the pipeline.

Either at university level, or at high school level, or before. Or at company level.

Plus diversity gets worse and worse as the pay grade goes up.

In any case, I think affirmative action works, long term, for the affected minorities. As much as people outside those minorities hate it.