In other words, blame the pipeline all you want, but diverse people won’t close their eyes and jump in until they know it’ll be a safe place for them when they get to the other side. No matter how many black girls you send to code camp.
A) individual people aren’t “diverse” B) totally right. Even subtle reminders of being an outsider cause cognitive load and stress that eventually lead to people from underrepresented groups bailing out and finding more welcoming environments.
