Thank you for your post Kadie! While I was reading your words, I remembered one of my dear white male friends who is studying mechanical engineering. He also believes that engineers need to be taught to think about the whole problem rather than only finding technical solutions, because real-world problems are not usually technical but rather structural. Built on what you say, race and the inequalities related to that, must be considered as a part of the problem and the solutions given by engineers.

Thanks patrick for your post! I specifically agree with you when you say race matters! Although, “race” does not really exists, and some people for very clear reasons created this concept, but since it has been internalized in us and has corrupted the structures, we need to acknowledge it so we can move towards, as you put it thoughtfully “diversity, acceptance, understanding, and equity.”

Jack thank you very much for your comment. You put it in a much more well-thought eloquent way by differentiating between humans’ and tech’s world.

Shadi thanks for your comment! you brought up an important point: when we don’t acknowledge our weaknesses (here biases we have towards many groups in our society) we merely encourage an undemocratic way of living! Citizens feel rightful to look down on refugees and immigrants mainly due to the fact that no one blames them (or let them know in the first place) that these are all racist behaviors; in other words they feel socially accepted to act in a racist manner! However, thanks to social media there has been positive movements towards eradicating such awful attitudes. I hope these initiatives continue to grow and cover many other aspects of our civic lives!