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When was the tech industry deliberately excluding people based on race and gender? The 50s? 60s? I don't believe any specific action needs to be taken to promo

When was the tech industry deliberately excluding people based on race and gender? The 50s? 60s? I don't believe any specific action needs to be taken to promote diversity. As far as I can tell, people can work wherever they will, as long as they can pass the interview. >arbitrarily exclusionary practices Please name these.

taysic 9y ago
The women who get hired at Google only do so if they pass a stringent interview. So how is this different from what you're saying?
- mooseburger 9y ago
  It isn't. I just don't think lack of biological diversity is a problem for a corporation.
  - taysic 9y ago
    It's Google that is voluntarily taking on these policies, no? Wouldn't they know their self-interest better?
okreallywtf 9y ago
In terms of arbitrary exclusionary practices, I mean simply refusing to hire people based on race, gender, religion etc. This could be based on name or gender on an application or failing that, post-interview and it would be amazingly stupid if the company communicated the reason honestly to the applicant since the 50's. Do you think discrimination just ended immediately after the civil rights act[1]? Personally I don't think peoples mentality changed at all just because certain practices became illegal, it just got less overt. Saying "women aren't cut out for our line of work" became "not a culture fit" or something else. Its not my goal to try to prove discrimination exists and existed, I could search and try to put together a comprehensive list of first-hand stories about discrimination in tech but my guess is that would not be an effective use of my time and that isn't the goal of my post anyways. [1] https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/herman/reports/futurework/conference/staffing/9.7_discrimination.htm https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/herman/reports/fu...
- mooseburger 9y ago
  Well, it wouldn't be a goal of your post, since you take it as a given that the tech industry employs arbitrary exclusionary practices against women and minorities. Surely, in the 53 years since the Civil Rights Act, someone has already compiled comprehensive evidence of these practices. It shouldn't be too hard to find.

taysic 9y ago

The women who get hired at Google only do so if they pass a stringent interview. So how is this different from what you're saying?

mooseburger 9y ago
It isn't. I just don't think lack of biological diversity is a problem for a corporation.
- taysic 9y ago
  It's Google that is voluntarily taking on these policies, no? Wouldn't they know their self-interest better?

okreallywtf 9y ago

In terms of arbitrary exclusionary practices, I mean simply refusing to hire people based on race, gender, religion etc. This could be based on name or gender on an application or failing that, post-interview and it would be amazingly stupid if the company communicated the reason honestly to the applicant since the 50's. Do you think discrimination just ended immediately after the civil rights act[1]? Personally I don't think peoples mentality changed at all just because certain practices became illegal, it just got less overt. Saying "women aren't cut out for our line of work" became "not a culture fit" or something else. Its not my goal to try to prove discrimination exists and existed, I could search and try to put together a comprehensive list of first-hand stories about discrimination in tech but my guess is that would not be an effective use of my time and that isn't the goal of my post anyways. [1] https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/herman/reports/futurework/conference/staffing/9.7_discrimination.htm https://www.dol.gov/oasam/programs/history/herman/reports/fu...

mooseburger 9y ago
Well, it wouldn't be a goal of your post, since you take it as a given that the tech industry employs arbitrary exclusionary practices against women and minorities. Surely, in the 53 years since the Civil Rights Act, someone has already compiled comprehensive evidence of these practices. It shouldn't be too hard to find.