[tanglisha]

It is absolutely not too sensitive of an issue to discuss openly. If we can't talk about it, it just festers and creates anger.

The problem with this kind of thing is the the people that got in solely on merit assume that people who fit into any of those categories got in without having any merit. This is rarely true except in the case where it is extremely difficult to find that particular set of things.

When that assumption is there, people are treated differently. It's often not even on a conscious level. It's going over to help the new female that showed up at a meetup assuming she needs help getting started with Python - while ignoring the 5 new males that came in before her. It's assuming that the black woman over there got her job because who ever heard of a black coder? She probably sucks at it.

Discussing it is different than dismissing someone's accomplishments because they appear to be privileged.