“Silicon Valley is hostile to diversity,” says Slack engineering director Leslie Miley

Ars Technica Live #5. Filmed by Chris Schodt, edited by Jennifer Hahn. (video link)

Leslie Miley, the director of engineering at Slack, challenged an audience who historically have benefited from white privilege (including yours truly) to extend it to others, like women and minorities.

“Extending is not making room at the table—it’s giving up your place at the table,” he said, speaking at the taping of the fifth episode of Ars Technica Live, held on August 17 at Longitude in downtown Oakland.

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