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Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by jbluepolarbear on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @03:39PM (#28922661)
White people don’t count towards diversity. White people are the status quo. White people don’t need to be represented in every situation. White people are over represented in tech and seeing white people in the minority is refreshing. Would you have the same opinion if there were no people of color? Would you voice that concern?
Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by krzyk on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:18PM (#28923222)
Why do you think white people are over represented in tech (you forgot about Asians, which are there also)?

Because they are interested in it. Just like some like math, others like sports.

Why e.g. women are the majority of teachers (at least in my country)? They like to teach, are good with children.

That's natural and you won't change that with ads that reverse the ethnic proportions in given country.

Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by jbluepolarbear on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:59PM (#28923685)
This is a systemic way of thinking. “Oh, most of the people working in this industry is one thing, let’s isolate this group further and discourage others from joining”. That’s how you sound.

Also, depending what on the source white people (in the US) account for between 60 to 70 percent of the tech work force.

Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by silisili on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @06:39PM (#28924640)
White people make up 73% of the US population. According to your own statistics, they are then underrepresented.
Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by krzyk on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:04PM (#28923749)
Why discourage? How? By doing what?
Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by jbluepolarbear on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @05:09PM (#28923803)
Please research systemic racism in the tech industry. PoC have harder times getting interviews, getting a second interview, finding mentors, getting raises, getting promotions, etc. These all discourage non white people from entering the industry.
Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by krzyk on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @04:30AM (#28928193)
But why who blocks them? I may be biased because I'm from a country where PoC are < 1%, but all other people have different skin colors, some are very white, some are very dark (probably descendants from old Tatars).

So I'm genuinely curious why PoC might get problems with getting interviews? Do US based employees biased in some way, still in 2021?

All that matters for me in interview if is that person smart enough and nice enough to work with.

I don't see a lot of black people in IT, but I see plenty of Indians and Asians - those are also PoC I assume.

Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by ir123 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:57PM (#28923677)
Are you insinuating that certain races are "naturally" more inclined to be interested in math and tech?
Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by krzyk on Wednesday October 20, 2021 @09:40AM (#28930533)
Not races. Race is artificial construct to group certain visual characteristics.

But if your parents are good at math, chances are high that you will also. Genetics play huge role here, for some learning e.g. math is harder than for others.

Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by randomopining on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:08PM (#28923071)
Thought you started out sarcastic, then realized you might not be sarcastic.

Amazing that people went from "we need all colors represented in ads as best as possible" which was completely reasonable, to "maybe we don't need white people in ads at all sometimes, ok? maybe it's a good thing!" which is objectively an absurd stance.

Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by ir123 on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:59PM (#28923693)
I'm genuinely asking, are you insecure that white people might be left out for good or something?

I don't get how some occasional over representation of minorities bothers people this much.

It wouldn't bother me a bit if it happened in my country.

Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by randomopining on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @07:34PM (#28925076)
I'm not insecure about any of that. I'm just agreeing with the guy who sees this blatant hypocrisy and calls it out.

It bothers a bit because it such an obvious thing, where they had to go through and find the exact people they wanted and you know that they purposely did it because it's "the thing" right now.

Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by jbluepolarbear on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @04:56PM (#28923662)
What’s so absurd? Often people of color are left out, why not the reverse? Your view stinks of privilege.
Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by randomopining on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @07:37PM (#28925098)
So when an ad has only whites, you would say: "why is this not representative of the people of this country!?"

Then in this case I say: "why is this not representative of the people of this country!?"

Your response, a smarmy "why not?" and personal attack.

The failure can speak for itself.

Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by jbluepolarbear on Tuesday October 19, 2021 @11:34PM (#28926445)
Your racism is stinky
Re:Google Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro by randomopining on Thursday October 21, 2021 @11:53AM (#28946334)
Such a sophomoric response to call a nuanced opinion like mine "racist".