This was directed to an audience of 135+ people, mostly Caucasian men.
In tech, there is definitely a dearth of minority women, so it's possible that the rep had never really even talked to a women of color in business.... but implying that only the best ideas come from young white men and proclaiming they won't even listen to someone who might be African American or Asian, or a woman, or over 30.....
That's just a little bit ______ ist (fill in the blank).
Now, in a self-perpetuating cycle, if someone gets positive feedback for doing well in math and science, they would potentially move forward in that field, innovating, creating patents, and developing new ideas for the market.
However, young black women don't typically get this kind of positive feedback.
Of course there are enthusiastic teachers, and high school and college mentors, but we can always increase the numbers of minority women actively working and leading within the field of technology.
Thoughts?
Who do you listen to?
Who do you pay attention to?
Who do you ignore (and why?)
If an older Hispanic woman came to this networking event with a multi-million dollar idea, would anyone listen to her?
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