Comments on the "White Boy's Club"

Nothing gets we hotter under the collar and more wanting to spit fire than comments such as made on ITWeb "The White Boy's Club". So what if the hard core coders are mostly white males! It has never been an exclusive club, but one by choice and nobody has been excluded from joining regardless of race, gender, or whatever. On the contrary, non-whites and non-boys have been welcomed with open arms. Ask me, I am female and have been begged to join some groups. As lecturers we have rejoiced about every non-white and non-male person joining our IT course. Unfortunately very few females have the interest to sit behind a computer screen 24/7. The ones that did were never discriminated against by their fellow white males, on the contrary. The same is true for the non-white males/females. Unfortunately, mostly the white males have been able to finish the course. Is this their fault that they seem to enjoy the field more than the others and are prepared to put up with the non-glamorous, hours-and-hours slogging, lonesome-existence on their computers? I challenge anybody else to try and join them. It is by no means easy or an exclusive club! I am sick and tired of people classifying everything by race. In 1992 the whites voted for a non-racial country. Since then nothing but race has been pushed down white males' throats. Up to the extent that so many that could have created jobs and build this country have left and are putting their talents to the advantage of other countries. What a disgrace for South Africa and where we could have been in 2008. Let everybody in this country do what they are passionate about and good at. Let's take hands and build this country regardless of race, gender, etc. Let's all become green again as when the Springboks won the World Cup in October 2007 and all these issues were forgotten. We all sat next to each other cheering the Springboks on. It is possible as soon as we all become green again!