"The real divide in this nation, I feel, is income disparity; poverty isn't choosy about who it afflicts."

This whole new argument based on income disparity is mind-boggling to any rational...

"But where we part company is that you seem to think we should extrapolate your own experience - as positive and as uplifting as it is - to every other...

"I think what skeleton567 may be trying to say is that the NAME of the group perpetuates stereotypes. If instead of "Women in Technology" the group was called "Breaking Barriers...

I felt the condescension was in the "I assumed you'd be able to figure that out for yourself."

"No, it was in the 'Wow, that really is pretty goofy. Sounds like...

"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"

Wow, that really...

"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"

Wow, that really...

"I wonder if we might encourage people to enter technology professions, not on the basis of their race or gender, but on the basis of their socioeconomic status?"

Wow, that really...

Hey, I had to stop and look up that STEM thing. New to me, so I am still learning today, at 71 years old!

one comment I'm 'gonna' ( as...

Come on, Steve. You sound like the one who is 'impacted' this morning. Get over it. Don't try to twist my comments. What I pointed out...

Pardon me, but it appears that we have fallen into exactly the situation here that I described. We're all talking about men/women, majority/minority, etc instead of what should be...

Separate minority groups by definition tend to separate further instead of aiding acceptance. Especially in technology, get in there and prove your competency instead of emphasizing differences. I...

Possibly the most important skill for a DBA is the command of T-SQL and their ability to test, debug, and optimize performances of db designs and SQL code. My...

Just demonstrates how gullible and unthinking the general public is now. Generation of followers. More items on the menu, must be a better place to eat, right?

I think that's called obsessive/compulsive. Remember the old commercial line, 'Just pick one'?

Right on the mark. Just go to a grocery these days. Hundreds of thousands of items, no longer in and out with a loaf of wheat bread and...