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Probably because top SV companies recruit PHDs from the Levant at an order of magnitude more than they recruit from inner city Chicago? How is this not obvious

Probably because top SV companies recruit PHDs from the Levant at an order of magnitude more than they recruit from inner city Chicago? How is this not obvious to the people here on HN? How do the people on here who constantly get holier than thou about demographics in tech not see the obvious machinations? Seriously, look around your office right now and then ask yourself again why top tech companies care more about immigrants than other oppressed groups. What do you think is more likely, that Google genuinely cares about the immigration of farmers from Libya, or that they have a couple physics PHDs from Iran driving huge amounts of search revenue? Corporations don't have morality, they have profit motives. YC doesn't give a shit about immigrant rights any more than the unjust deaths of african americans around the US, they care about attracting certain demographics to apply as founders.

comex 10y ago
> What do you think is more likely, that Google genuinely cares about the immigration of farmers from Libya, or that they have a couple physics PHDs from Iran driving huge amounts of search revenue? Why not both? If Sergey Brin joining the airport protest is any indication, the leadership genuinely cares about the injustice of the ban - but they're more inclined to act when issues affect them directly. Nonetheless, Google did support Black Lives Matter, if not quite as loudly. For example, in November 2015, Google.org donated $2 million in grants for racial justice, part of which was supposed to "fund a tech-savvy, grassroots solution to end police violence against communities of color": http://ellabakercenter.org/in-the-news/googleorg-invests-235-million-in-community-organizations-fighting-for-racial-justice http://ellabakercenter.org/in-the-news/googleorg-invests-235... Also, @google tweeted in support: https://www.twitter.com/google/status/751174648855928834 https://www.twitter.com/google/status/751174648855928834
mgce 10y ago
> Corporations don't have morality, they have profit motives. YC doesn't give a shit about immigrant rights any more than the unjust deaths of african americans around the US, they care about attracting certain demographics to apply as founders. I see no evidence this is the case, or that the founders of YC aren't human beings who also make decisions out of legitimate concern for the betterment of the world.

comex 10y ago

> What do you think is more likely, that Google genuinely cares about the immigration of farmers from Libya, or that they have a couple physics PHDs from Iran driving huge amounts of search revenue? Why not both? If Sergey Brin joining the airport protest is any indication, the leadership genuinely cares about the injustice of the ban - but they're more inclined to act when issues affect them directly. Nonetheless, Google did support Black Lives Matter, if not quite as loudly. For example, in November 2015, Google.org donated $2 million in grants for racial justice, part of which was supposed to "fund a tech-savvy, grassroots solution to end police violence against communities of color": http://ellabakercenter.org/in-the-news/googleorg-invests-235-million-in-community-organizations-fighting-for-racial-justice http://ellabakercenter.org/in-the-news/googleorg-invests-235... Also, @google tweeted in support: https://www.twitter.com/google/status/751174648855928834 https://www.twitter.com/google/status/751174648855928834

mgce 10y ago

> Corporations don't have morality, they have profit motives. YC doesn't give a shit about immigrant rights any more than the unjust deaths of african americans around the US, they care about attracting certain demographics to apply as founders. I see no evidence this is the case, or that the founders of YC aren't human beings who also make decisions out of legitimate concern for the betterment of the world.