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Most of the tech giants are right in the middle of California. California has almost a 50% Latino population, but tech giants have less than a 15% Latino employ

Most of the tech giants are right in the middle of California. California has almost a 50% Latino population, but tech giants have less than a 15% Latino employee base. I'm always amazed that California's progressive political leadership isn't constantly hammering these companies to make their workforce look more like the California population. I wonder what would happen if Jerry Brown and Kevin De Leon pulled a Trump on Google, Apple, Facebook and Uber. "Hire California Latino workers or we will tax your ass out of existence!!!" Instead, they turn a blind eye.

dragonwriter 10y ago
> I wonder what would happen if Jerry Brown and Kevin De Leon pulled a Trump on Google, Apple, Facebook and Uber. Then the California Republican party would be competitive statewide again overnight, and/or a lot of tech companies would move out of California, employing even fewer California Latinos than they do now. Possibly both.
- HillaryBriss 10y ago
  Just to follow up, if I may: 1. How would your first possible scenario play out in the voter's mind? What considerations would cause a large number of formerly Democratic voters, and/or current non-voters, to say, "I'd rather vote for a Republican now." e.g. Do a lot of voters feel so strongly that Google, Apple, Facebook and Uber should remain unencumbered by such goals that it would overcome all their other deeply held objections to Republicans? Would it just be a deep revulsion to such a Trumpian method applied to large California companies? I mean what do you see as the thing large numbers of voters would really dislike about such a political move? 2. Alternatively, if a lot of tech companies voluntarily began moving out of California for this reason, how would they spin it? Surely they would not say, "We're leaving California because we don't want to hire Latinos". How would they explain such a decision to investors, customers, the general public? Thank you, kindly.
mjolk 10y ago
I'm sorry if this is just really dry satire, but that's absurd. > "Hire California Latino workers or we will tax your ass out of existence!!!" Speaking as someone that's been involved with a lot of hiring decisions, it ultimately comes down to who is in the pipeline when you're hiring for positions that require expertise. If you think companies should be forced to hire based on race, openly stating that people will be judged differently based on physical attributes, I welcome you to create a business and try this for yourself.
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dragonwriter 10y ago

> I wonder what would happen if Jerry Brown and Kevin De Leon pulled a Trump on Google, Apple, Facebook and Uber. Then the California Republican party would be competitive statewide again overnight, and/or a lot of tech companies would move out of California, employing even fewer California Latinos than they do now. Possibly both.

HillaryBriss 10y ago
Just to follow up, if I may: 1. How would your first possible scenario play out in the voter's mind? What considerations would cause a large number of formerly Democratic voters, and/or current non-voters, to say, "I'd rather vote for a Republican now." e.g. Do a lot of voters feel so strongly that Google, Apple, Facebook and Uber should remain unencumbered by such goals that it would overcome all their other deeply held objections to Republicans? Would it just be a deep revulsion to such a Trumpian method applied to large California companies? I mean what do you see as the thing large numbers of voters would really dislike about such a political move? 2. Alternatively, if a lot of tech companies voluntarily began moving out of California for this reason, how would they spin it? Surely they would not say, "We're leaving California because we don't want to hire Latinos". How would they explain such a decision to investors, customers, the general public? Thank you, kindly.

mjolk 10y ago

I'm sorry if this is just really dry satire, but that's absurd. > "Hire California Latino workers or we will tax your ass out of existence!!!" Speaking as someone that's been involved with a lot of hiring decisions, it ultimately comes down to who is in the pipeline when you're hiring for positions that require expertise. If you think companies should be forced to hire based on race, openly stating that people will be judged differently based on physical attributes, I welcome you to create a business and try this for yourself.

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