To add on, none of these articles seem to talk about the racial diversity in the Midwest. Yes, there is a problem with diversity in Silicon Valley and tech in general, but the West and East Coast seem to advertise themselves to be friendly towards immigrants whereas this and many other articles seem to only gear towards White (and maybe Indian, but it seems to be execs not engineers) as shown in the pictures.
Edit: I mean that it's curious that the Midwest never seems to advertise toward immigrants or minorities in tech. What motivates minorities to move to the Midwest if it seems the culture doesn't seem to support racial integration?
What motivates minorities to move to the Midwest if it seems the culture doesn't seem to support racial integration?
In my case it was simply that the only Minnesotans I had ever known (and one turned out to be Canadian!) were very nice people. Yes, I moved half-way across the continent based on a dataset of N=2!
But further, your comment presupposes that "the culture doesn't seem to support racial integration" when (1) this assumption isn't based on anything beyond speculation and (2) it was honestly something that hadn't even occurred to me.
Stated plainly: as a minority, my experience has been that people who "advertise toward immigrants or minorities" typically have an agenda that I won't necessarily agree with and doesn't help me in any way. I don't need "support," although I welcome it; I need people to stay the fuck out of my way.
I'm not in the Midwest, but am in a place that culturally is, and I'd say the big reason is we just don't talk about it. If I drive five minutes in any direction I'll run across tens of thousands of immigrants (not exaggerating). Mexican, Vietnamese, Indian, etc.
Virtue signaling is a dirty term, but we just don't virtue signal about it the same way. We accept immigrants and they accept us and we get on with life. Anyone is welcome to come build here and they do. Not that racism and such isn't a problem, but I'd guess it's as much an issue in almost every major US city, certain places are obsessed with showing how enlightened they are.
For the record, I work with minorities and immigrants in multiple companies and they are all great at what they do. They want to be respected not tokenized. I've observed many SV companies are good about saying the right things about minorities but don't actually act in ways that support them, nor are they especially racially diverse.
>Virtue signaling is a dirty term, but we just don't virtue signal about it the same way. We accept immigrants and they accept us and we get on with life. Anyone is welcome to come build here and they do. Not that racism and such isn't a problem, but I'd guess it's as much an issue in almost every major US city, certain places are obsessed with showing how enlightened they are.
Maybe some people don't care about diversity or care more about getting a decent job in a low cost of living area? I find it insulting that a company needs to "advertise" towards me in that way.
>I mean that it's curious that the Midwest never seems to advertise toward immigrants or minorities in tech.
What precisely do you mean when you say "the Midwest never seems to advertise toward immigrant or minorities in tech"? Do you mean you won't find the same level of preachy self-righteousness in the Midwest as you do in more liberal coastal areas?
Most of this is happening in urban areas, which are probably more diverse then SV. However I'm sure most of this is also happening at the higher income and education level, which is less diverse in the midwest.
There are still a lot of barriers for non-whites.
Edit: I mean that it's curious that the Midwest never seems to advertise toward immigrants or minorities in tech. What motivates minorities to move to the Midwest if it seems the culture doesn't seem to support racial integration?