[FRC Blog] Something New - SWE Grant

[jman4747]

Originally Posted by Katie_UPS

What if your recruitment is inherently off-putting for people of a certain type (race, gender, religion, etc)? Why would it be bad for a team to look at themselves and explore why they are not diverse? Lets say a high school is 60% female (not unlikely) and a robotics team is 80% male (also not unlikely). Why is it absurd that the diversity of a team reflect the diversity of the school/community that the team pulls from?

I don't disagree. I think that everyone should take an objective look at their practices and employ them fairly, not tailor them to gain a specific demographic. I think the most we should do is not put anyone of then make sure the message is spread as widely as possible. Theoretically even if a team was perfectly fair with team roles and recruitment exsternal factors (parents, peer pressure, media, etc.) can offten (not always) prevent it from evenly representing the community it is in.