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Is Computer Science Education Racist and Sexist?
theodp writes "What's wrong with this picture?" asked Code.org at its launch earlier this year, lamenting the lack of Computer Science students in a race and gender reference-free infographic. But as the organization has grown via public/private partnerships and inked agreements to drive the CS curriculum for the Chicago and NYC school systems, the same stats webpage has adopted a new gender and racial equity focus, positioning Computer Science education as "a chance to level the playing field" for women, Hispanic and African American students. The new message is consistent with the recently-forged Code.org partnership with the NSF-funded Exploring Computer Science (ECS, "a K-12/university partnership committed to democratizing computer science") and Computer Science Principles (CSP, "a new course under development that seeks to broaden participation in computing and computer science"). According to The Research Behind ECS, an "insidious 'virtual segregation' that maintains inequality" is to blame for keeping the number of African Americans and Latino/as CS students disproportionately low. So, what might the future of Code.org's proposed equity-based U.S. K-12 CS education look like? "Including culturally relevant instructional materials represented a driving focus of our course development," explained ECS Team members who now advise Code.org. "Cultural design tools encourage students to artistically express computing design concepts from Latino/a, African American, or Native American history as well as cultural activities in dance, skateboarding, graffiti art, and more. These types of lessons are important for students to build personal relationships with computer science concepts and applications – an important process for discovering the relevance of computer science for their own life." And — ironically for Code.org — it could mean less coding."
Computer Science is much easier if you have a high IQ. Ergo African Americans, by and large, won't do well in C/S. (Ducking... and anonymous...)
Attacking feminism is not the same as attacking women, and feminism is NOT the belief that women are just as smart as capable as any man and deserve to be treated as such.
I'm afraid I can't condense it down to a dictionary definition. However, I'm certain your wikipedia definition does not characterize it properly, as feminism seeks to exclude the input of males on all issues, and simultaneously hold us responsible for all the ills of the world. Feminism claims the right to put men at a disadvantage in any given situation, on the theory that men have so much "privilege" that any discrimination against us is only partially compensating for it. That's not equality.