More people than just the right believe things to be a zero-sum game, else you would not see the kinds of things expressed in the Github diversity slide-show you saw in this article [1].  This is the main slide [2].  And, one could argue it is, for every man hired, that&#x27;s potentially one fewer woman hired and for every one white woman hired that&#x27;s one fewer minority woman or man hired, if you look at things from an individual company PoV.  If you look at it in a broad economic sense, it may not be zero sum, however.<p>The bullet points hint at the issue being interpreted as a zero sum game.  Imagine this slide show from a different ethnic group or gender and how it might be interpreted.<p>[1]<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;github-the-full-inside-story-2016-2" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.businessinsider.com&#x2F;github-the-full-inside-story-...</a><p>[2]<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;QevylxY" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;QevylxY</a>