> the people who would have benefit from these policies ... are long dead and gone
I don't think the facts support that. Look at political leaders, business leaders in SV and elsewhere, the film industry, and, I expect, the voices on HN, both in the articles and discussions; they are overwhelmingly white males. Those are the stories we hear and the perspectives we unconciously accept.
If we don't make an effort at diversity, then history shows that this non-meritocratic, race and gender-based system will persist.
I don't think the facts support that. Look at political leaders, business leaders in SV and elsewhere, the film industry, and, I expect, the voices on HN, both in the articles and discussions; they are overwhelmingly white males. Those are the stories we hear and the perspectives we unconciously accept.
If we don't make an effort at diversity, then history shows that this non-meritocratic, race and gender-based system will persist.