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Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? on Thursday August 10, 2017 @04:09AM (#14977477)
Here is a chart of the gender balance of over a hundred different professions. Few of them are near a 50/50 balance. Could you tell me which ones are suffering from institutionalized discrimination?

https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2017/03/06/chart-the-perce...

Re:Outraged about the Google diversity memo? on Thursday August 10, 2017 @03:55AM (#14977398)
When the Australian public service experimented with blinding demographic data on resumes, fewer women and minorities were hired:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-06-30/bilnd-recruitment-tria...

A blind recruiting process only increases diversity if there exists significant bias against diverse candidates. I wouldn't be surprised if Silicon Valley has a bias in favor of diverse candidates, like Australia's public service.