Just moved from Atlanta to Silicon Valley and my wife and I have been stared at...at least 10 times and we've only been here for a few days. Culture shock is hitting us pretty hard. Are there any diversity groups or meetups anything that help make these transitions a bit easier? Thanks in advance!
Move to NYC
Lmao
Are you looking for a black people only meet up in San Francisco?
Nah not black people only...just something diverse and not judgey
Welcome! If people are not used to this, time to change it with your help :)
Don’t know about Sunnyvale. If it is SF, I would say they are stared at the vacuum because they are too stoned.
When I went through school, my year had about 100 people graduated with BS in CS degree with 0 African Americans and 5 women. That’s the ratio I would expect as software engineer. If there are no supply coming through the pipeline I wouldn’t expect anything else.
Definitely understandable
Nobody actually cares. Some insensitivity from lack of exposure. Norcal and pacific northwest cities are like this: collectively liberal/progressive but never had their views challenged to know how theyd react. The people staring are probably recruiters or out of touch executives salivating as they imagine their next contrived way of making you feel comfortable at their company. You just moved here you need to do social things. More endearing and possibly diverse crowds will come with that. Oakland is a lot more diverse and full of cultural expression and art. Many people that would segregate are priced out of SF and are now there with everyone else. Many of those still work in SF so the work force and happy hour can have more diversity. There are also so many non-citizen Europeans, Canadians, Indian and Chinese that you don’t really have to worry about a lack of diversity. If you are specifically looking for more black professionals there aren’t that many but they’re around. There is a big survivorship bias favoring black professionals that dont care or are not bothered by being the only one in most scenarios.
They all got pushed out due to not being able to raise their income by 4000%. Welcome to the Bay.
Afrotech is one of the big conferences if you want to check out their site. Most big tech companies also have employee groups you can join.
Stared at?
Yes...people are staring at my wife and I as we walk by as if they are amazed to see us.
Where is this exactly?