Surely that depends on what problem you&#x27;re trying to solve.<p>If what you&#x27;re trying to solve with a diversity programme is opening up the potential talent pool, it&#x27;s entirely conceivable that focusing on white women and Asian men could be sufficient.<p>If what you&#x27;re trying to solve is a greater diversity of opinions and experiences to foster ideas, say, it&#x27;s entirely conceivable that hiring white women and Asian men could be sufficient.<p>If what you&#x27;re trying to do is increase the representation of black developers then this approach is likely to fail.<p>Or to put it another way, diversity isn&#x27;t one thing, it&#x27;s a bunch of things. If one believes that there should be a higher representation of black people in tech (which seems reasonable to me) then one should look to resolve that problem. It seems completely orthogonal to the question of encouraging women to tech.