I never understood why diversity should play a role in the hiring process. If I have a company and I want to hire somebody, the only thing I care about is wheth

I never understood why diversity should play a role in the hiring process. If I have a company and I want to hire somebody, the only thing I care about is whether this person offers a valuable contribution to my business or not. It's plain simple to me and I fail to see how superficial attributes such as gender or race are a part of this "equation". With that being said, it is totally understandable why Google fired the employee, regardless of whether his voiced opinions were out of line or not. The manifesto was not well perceived by the media and not firing the employee would have resulted in bad PR. By firing the employee Google made a very rational decision.