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Re:Google Project Starline expands testing through an early ... by ehmmmmmmmm on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:16PM (#33184366)
Something I think which really needs to be discussed. Why do tech companies always put a token black person in their PR videos but yet their hiring doesn't reflect that?
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Re:Google Project Starline expands testing through an early ... by oh_sigh on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:20PM (#33184416)
Because there aren't enough qualified black people to hire, but that doesn't mean that black people don't exist.

Look at some harrowing stats on who takes the AP CS exam: https://www.edweek.org/leadership/still-no-african-americans...

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Re:Google Project Starline expands testing through an early ... by ehmmmmmmmm on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @06:27PM (#33184511)
Sure, but it also feels slightly pretentious. Is representation in PR what the community wants? Why not actually uplifting the community such that artifical representation isn't necessary?
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Re:Google Project Starline expands testing through an early ... by rrdharan on Wednesday October 12, 2022 @10:09PM (#33186326)
What makes you think that either a) they aren’t trying to do that too or b) that this isn’t a component in that?

It’s not anymore unreasonable to conclude that representation in PR _is_ what the community wants than to decide it _isn’t_ and communities aren’t monoliths anyway.

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