[jaems33]

I've said this before, but whenever I see these conversations on my Twitter and HN streams, huge segments of people are left out of the conversation.

In the U.S. at least, tech dialogue is about 'men' and 'women', despite the fact that a significant number of certain men are rarely represented in the tech industry. Asian/Asian America men might overrepresent their demographic in the tech industry relative to their % in the country, but they are rarely on leadership boards (especially compared to women). But more importantly, having worked in Silicon Valley and New York, I rarely saw African-American and Hispanic devs/engineers.

I just take exception to the idea that as a tech collective, we are supposed to 'fight' for one segment yet ignore other under-represented demographics.

[bethly]

Your attitude is derailing: this isn't a zero-sum game. I do talk about other under-represented segments, including the intersections. We aren't talking about them right now, and we don't need to stop talking about this in order to talk about that. In fact, much of the research done here has proven useful when considering racial stereotype threat, so talking about this furthers the research in the area of your concern.

I recommend finding or writing some articles about the problem and posting them. I look forward to discussing them.

[space_unicorn]

Great point.

I think the article speaks specifically about women because it was written by a woman, drawing from her personal experience.

The principles stated in the article can probably be appreciated by and applied by any group that's feeling marginalized in the tech industry.