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Are you for real? Diversity isn't achieved my ticking checkboxes next to each race or nationality.


Totally agree with you.

But, the current makeup of the team (presumably) indicates that the hiring process didn't rely on venues where other nationalities/races predominate. You might respond that the team hired the best candidates available - which could indeed be true - but GP's point is worth raising, if inelegantly phrased.


Why not? What's wrong with a campaign wanting "more Asian males in leadership roles instead of non-client-facing engineering roles"?

Isn't that why Intel has put $300 million into diversity hiring[1]?

Isn't that why we have campaigns like "Black girls can code"?

Isn't that what Ellen Pao is trying to do at Reddit[2]

> She has eliminated salary negotiations from the hiring process because women often end up fairing worse in terms of pay. She has hired a well-known diversity consultant to advise Reddit. She has passed over candidates who are not committed to gender and racial diversity, according to the interview.

[1] http://fortune.com/2015/01/12/intel-diversity/ [2] http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/06/technology/ellen-pao-reddit-...




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