Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by ThrustVectoring on Monday August 07, 2017 @10:09PM
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Yes, software companies hire more white men than they should, given how many people are white men. The key question is whether companies are hiring more white men than they should, given the candidates available for hire. I don't think it's appropriate to use evidence about the first to make decisions about the second - a company's moral responsibility for playing fair largely stops at the boundaries of their org chart.
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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by EpicBlackCrayon on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:12PM
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>The key question is whether companies are hiring more white men than they should, given the candidates available for hire.
There's another question then of why are there only white men available for hire?
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo
by ThrustVectoring on Monday August 07, 2017 @11:39PM
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I have zero opposition for efforts to educate and train women and minorities. I want the actual problem to be fixed, not just used as an excuse to advance one group's interests at the expense of another in zero-sum games.