> This entire thread is about "discrimination" for the purposes of introducing black girls to programming. Is that not a positive for society?

Are you justifying racism via economic output? I've seen this line of reasoning go horribly wrong before..

Obviously teaching people how to be productive is good. But what about teaching people to discriminate against others? If we were to argue from principle, I would agree that racism is not a virtue. That said, I don't adhere to principled reasoning 100% of the time and would be happy to help "black girls" code.