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Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by monochromatic on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @03:45AM (#14955449)
>systematic discrimination in hiring

That's a funny term for merit-based.

Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by Kluny on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:11AM (#14955593)
I have trouble believing only white men can come up with enough merit to be hired for a normal entry level job.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by ewjordan on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:12AM (#14956210)
Without digging too deep into the rest of this issue, do you consider Asian men white? Or is the situation a little more complicated than white men only choosing their own?
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by ewjordan on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @07:48PM (#14964154)
Just to clarify, my comment is not meant to defend poor hiring practices in any way, I'm very much in favor of agressive efforts to improve diversity numbers (including heavy affirmative action). I just get bothered by the use of the term "white" to refer to groups with heavy Asian representation; these groups have vastly different experiences than whites do, and lumping them all together just because they're present in tech and tend to be financially successful is a dangerous oversimplification. The systematic problems go much deeper than people just hiring people that look like they do, if that was the whole problem we'd have achieved parity a long time ago.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by JSONwebtoken on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:31AM (#14955740)
As a non-white man, please show me where I can find these normal entry level jobs that pay six-figures out of college. Please, I have student loans and my mother is sick.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by collyw on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:01AM (#14956164)
I would look in the same places as white men look for these jobs. I am in a country where six figure salaries aren't the norm for Engineers.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by Kluny on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @05:49AM (#14956104)
...what?
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by deecewan on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @06:12AM (#14956211)
I believe he was agreeing with your point.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by zouhair on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @04:10AM (#14955590)
Merit, most of time has nothing to do with one ends up, especially in the US.
Re:Google Fires Employee Behind Controversial Diversity Memo by monochromatic on Tuesday August 08, 2017 @08:46AM (#14957212)
Are companies more interested in messing with minorities than they are in maximizing profits? Someone should tell the shareholders.