[ogdusk]

Whenever an article like this comes out, I can’t help but wonder if the reporters considered talking to people with more diverse backgrounds. Since the pandemic started, my partner and I have talked about moving to lower cost of living areas, but inevitably we have to ask ourselves: “what would it _really_ be like to live in <X small town> for people who look like us?” In an ideal world, decency and merit win out over appearance and race in terms of how people are treated, but unfortunately that’s not the reality for many folks in tech.