To those arguing against "affirmative action" or that this grant is somehow "discriminatory," consider why it exists in the first place and who is funding it. I recently attended dinner with a large group of volunteers from a FIRST event. There were 18 of us present, only two of which were females. There is a real issue of gender representation in both engineering and FIRST. Like in many other areas of society, work needs to be done to help correct these cultural biases. Everyone would prefer an egalitarian solution, but currently that selection process only perpetuates the issues.
I had (and have) my issues with the requirements process for the grant, but that doesn't mean the grant is somehow morally wrong.
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Originally Posted by JesseK
Did they sneak-update the grant requirements? I swear yesterday that having a female driver wasn't optional. Maybe I mis-read it.
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It definitely was not optional yesterday.