Alphabet shareholders reject diversity proposal backed by employees

Re:Alphabet shareholders reject diversity proposal backed by... by oh_sigh on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @06:30PM (#17251665)

Only two very special types of racial minorities are over-represented - Indians and east asians(specifically Chinese) are overrepresented relative to their US population.

These groups are generally forgotten about or elided when talking about how Google or US tech has a diversity problem - there is just a diversity problem with blacks, latinos, and women, and my hunch is that it has nothing to do with tech being racist or sexist and has everything to do with either larger structural issues in the US, or people choosing through free will to not enter the field.

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Re:Alphabet shareholders reject diversity proposal backed by... by jiveturkey on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @06:38PM (#17251707)

Then you haven't read enough on the matter. All STEM fields have a problem, but other STEM fields pale in comparison to tech's racism/sexism.

As a hunch, yes I used to be of that opinion as well. I thought it was nonsense. Sorry that I don't have the data handy to back it up, but seriously (not being snide) if you care enough to matter you can research it.

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Re:Alphabet shareholders reject diversity proposal backed by... by oh_sigh on Wednesday June 06, 2018 @11:28PM (#17253026)

I have researched it and have come to the exact opposite conclusion. I don't know what data you are referring to, but I hope you aren't just taking low representation to directly imply racism.

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