A Coding Horror from a subcontracted project...
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I think you have a good point, while at the same time from a professional point of view it is important to know what the definition of racism is as I need to know when what I say or do may land me in trouble even if it is an innocent remark. Personally the racism of apartheid, and segregation in the US as well as the caste system in India are what I consider to be the most obvious and wrong forms of racism - when it comes to nationality it can start to become harder. The next time someone offers me a cup of tea I will sue them for every penny they have for making a racist remark :laugh:
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.(Winston Churchill)
I agree, but while the most obvious and wrong forms of racism, I still feel that treating a race/nationality or religious group (or gender) differently purely on that basis is unjustified. Two strong examples spring to mind, still current. (i) The pay gap - in most Western countries, there is still a disparity between the wages of male and female and workers from ethnic minorities - often simply manifesting as a "glass ceiling", fewer people from these groups get the top jobs. (ii) The punishment gap. A white offender and a black offender committing the same crime tend to get different punishments. The death penalty in the U.S. is the worst, most drastic, example of this. All I was originally trying to say is shouldn't we just not mention the nationality of these horrors - the horror itself should be enough.
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Do you people know what racism is? If in general code isnt as good by a certian group of people isnt that a correct statement?
I'd like to see some empirical evidence that programmer's from India are worse programmers before a comment like that. Actually, that subcontracted programmers in India are worse than subcontracted programmers generally. (That was meant as a comment to Rob Parker's post)
modified on Monday, July 14, 2008 5:54 AM