Does a good idea promise success? I thought it was PG@YC that was looking for smart people with a clue. Maybe then they would work together to produce a successful venture.
Anyway, ideas are cheap. This is a business and it has been funded and well-positioned to control their exit.
also consider my other comment http://news.ycombinator.org/item?id=4262854 and understand that taking issue with the name, is precisely race discrimination. You'd feel better if it wasn't racial so you are almost certainly withholding support because it is racially identified. That's a self-contradicting position and the only way I can understand what you mean when you say it encourages race discrimination – because you have discriminated. Please prove me wrong with your support for BlackGirlsCode.
Ever heard of black girls rock? This is a meme but most people have no clue.
> It's encouraging race discrimination either way
WHO is encouraged to discriminate racially by this? You? Not me.
If you are concerned with racial discrimination, please go visit your public schools across whatever U.S. state you live in and try to explain why there is such racial segregation even in the absence of school names such as Black Boys Academy. Hint, it ain't in the name.
There are 3 ways to respond to the critics of BlackGirlsCode:
1) The weakest response is to grow upset and say nothing
2) The average response will post a comment in defense of good sense
3) The best response is to take action. So hit this link up and give Black Girls Code a boost of support and morale http://www.blackgirlscode.com/help-us-grow.html
Finally, when PoorPeopleCode, WhiteBoysCode or Latina Hackathon call upon the Hacker News community for support, for the sake of whatever you believe in, GIVE BACK so that others can do what you do. It is NEVER about exclusion. The _meme_ is about recognizing "I'm blessed with talent, skill and experience so I help to pay it forward".
I just took the highest level of action by sending my gift of support of $100.
Don't just sit there shaking your head; do something!
Anyway, ideas are cheap. This is a business and it has been funded and well-positioned to control their exit.