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This is getting too long and we're going around in circles about the issue.

So the only thing I'm going to reply is:

Giving them money might fix that?

No, they're not trying to battle this issue you want to tackle. Simply because is bigger than them.

I still doesn't see how giving them money fix that.

Again, this is not to fix this huge issue. This is to give other people the chance to assist this and assure them they can feel safe.

There's plenty of white people that couldn't afford to go and there's plenty of non-white people that could afford to go.

And again, they're not giving you the money simply because you're non white. They might give you the grant if you mark any of the checkbox that make you eligible but you still need to check "I'd need financial assistance to do Hacker School" which is not automatically checked as you seem to believe simply because you check that you're non white.

Again, what you propose is that non white people who want to attend to a place like hacker school:

a) wait until racism is non existent

b) deal with ugly situations/experiences because there will be rules to make sure to deal with the cause after

Instead of doing what they want/love and creating safe spaces where they don't have to deal with stuff they shouldn't deal with in the first place.

If you want to keep discussing you can shoot me an email (pcepedam92@gmail.com). I could probably even direct you to people who could answer as to why your proposal of simply solving racism is not as easy, with plenty of real life examples and historical facts.

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