What I’ve Learned Working as a Black Person in Silicon Valley

I thought this was an interesting article because it contradicts a lot of what is said by the progressive movement within tech. Examples:

Silicon Valley, like America itself, remains a place where a willingness to work hard and to use your brain will find reward over time, no matter your background.

While I’ve certainly experienced discrimination, it usually hasn’t been at the hands of fellow technologists, who can sympathize with what it’s like to be “different” in a society that too often stigmatizes those who don’t fit some mythical all-American football player/cheerleader norm.

You don’t have to change who you are or what you’re into. But it does help to know the difference between ‘Stars War’ and ‘Trek’ — bonus if you’ve seen some ‘Battlestar Galactica’ or Marvel shows.

While progressive commentators within the tech industry assert that nerd subculture exacerbates discrimination, the author of this article has the opposite view.