Thread of some posts about diversity & inclusion I've written over the years. I still stand behind these.

(I'm resharing bc a few folks are suggesting Jeremy's CoC experience ➡️ partially our fault for promoting diversity, we should change our values, etc. Nope!)

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Math & CS have been my focus since high school/the late 90s, yet the sexism & toxicity of the tech industry drove me to quit. I’m not alone. 40% of women working in tech leave. (2015)

https://t.co/NGNSxnnAdt 2/

Superficial, showy efforts at diversity-washing are more harmful than doing nothing at all. Research studies confirm this (2015)

https://t.co/1t6T4LKqiA 3/

The primary reason women leave the tech industry is because they are treated unfairly, underpaid, less likely to be fast-tracked, and not given a fair chance to advance. (2016)

https://t.co/NkVc5Yseo9 4/

Diversity Crisis in AI, 2016 (written the week we publicly launched fast ai, this has been a core value from the start): https://t.co/hejGQTHGwU

Diversity Crisis in AI, 2017 edition: https://t.co/Owwt8C14yh 5/