It is, unfortunately, a pretty common thing in our society to have rules that are selectively enforced. How often did the NYPD stop-and-frisk a trader walking d

It is, unfortunately, a pretty common thing in our society to have rules that are selectively enforced. How often did the NYPD stop-and-frisk a trader walking down Wall Street? In that case, the pressure isn't so much "don't hire minorities" as "don't be more stringent about enforcing your established rules and processes on certain groups of people," which is a great pressure. Gebru has spoken publicly about the allegation that she broke processes. See this thread: https://twitter.com/timnitgebru/status/1335017526112227329 https://twitter.com/timnitgebru/status/1335017526112227329 Notably, the official description of the process includes the sentence, "There is no such thing as the perfect policy. Fortunately Googlers like to do the right thing. Please do that here—read the policy and do what makes sense."