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You are entirely correct that despite immigrants being the largest source of diversity in tech, all diversity and inclusion programs in tech misclassify immigra
by throwaway1584 9y ago
You are entirely correct that despite immigrants being the largest source of diversity in tech, all diversity and inclusion programs in tech misclassify immigrants into US demographic categories from the EEO-1 Instruction Booklet [2] that underpins all diversity and inclusion programs.
For instance all of the following are categorized as white Americans; my German colleague, my French colleague of Iranian descent, my Iranian colleague, my white american colleague from Colorado, and my Iraqi colleague.
Silicon Valley recruits outliers from around the world. Applying US demographics to an industry where ⅔ [1] of the workers are immigrants does not make sense.
[1] https://jointventure.org/images/stories/pdf/index2018.pdf https://jointventure.org/images/stories/pdf/index2018.pdf
[2] https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/eeo1survey/2007instructions.cfm https://www.eeoc.gov/employers/eeo1survey/2007instructions.c...
- andromeduck 9y agoIranians are considered white?!
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