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"The data in this section allows people of two or more races to more accurately state their racial background. For example, Black+ includes all Googlers who ide

"The data in this section allows people of two or more races to more accurately state their racial background. For example, Black+ includes all Googlers who identify as Black, plus those who identify as Black and any other race." https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/diversity.google/en//static/pdf/Google_Diversity_annual_report_2018.pdf https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/diversity.google/...

bko 5y ago
Thanks. Is there a hierarchy? Like if I identify as both Black and White, am I counted in Black+ or White+ or is it double counted? Does the employee provide a ranking?
- jefftk 5y ago
  My interpretation is that you'd be in both "Black+" and "White+"
- CydeWeys 5y ago
  It's not a hierarchy, and they don't add up to 100%, so there is double-counting. I just did the math on one of the rows from the report using the + labels and that row added up to 104.6%, so we can deduce that 4.6% of people fit into two categories (or maybe slightly less than that including people that fit into 3 or more categories).
- WillPostForFood 5y ago
  The only other group as obsessed with racial hierarchies as the modern woke left was Nazi Germany. Their published classification would seem to fit just fine at Google. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws#Classifications_under_the_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws#Classifications...
  - psychometry 5y ago
    Doesn't seem like you have any idea what "hierarchy" means.
daniellarusso 5y ago
This is almost as thoughtful as Slack enumerating all user skin tones via 5 integer values.
- slumdev 5y ago
  I thought making everyone cartoon yellow was more empowering. Especially on the Internet, with pseudonymity, we're all nothing more than the ideas we present. An egalitarian dream was twisted into a woke nightmare for bad actors to earn free PR by pitting people against each other.
  - peter422 5y ago
    Why is yellow the “neutral” color? Why not black, or red, or white? Letting people pick whatever color seems more empowering to me.
    - Miraste 5y ago
      Because no one is bright yellow irl unless they're a few days from dying of cirrhosis.
      - peter422 5y ago
        Yellow is obviously much closer to lighter skin color than darker skin colors.
    - daniellarusso 5y ago
      I always thought it was because of The Simpsons, but going as far back as the Tracy Ullman show, so that could have been an influence as far back as 1987.
    - wreath 5y ago
      empowering for what exactly?
    - wonderwonder 5y ago

bko 5y ago

Thanks. Is there a hierarchy? Like if I identify as both Black and White, am I counted in Black+ or White+ or is it double counted? Does the employee provide a ranking?

jefftk 5y ago
My interpretation is that you'd be in both "Black+" and "White+"
CydeWeys 5y ago
It's not a hierarchy, and they don't add up to 100%, so there is double-counting. I just did the math on one of the rows from the report using the + labels and that row added up to 104.6%, so we can deduce that 4.6% of people fit into two categories (or maybe slightly less than that including people that fit into 3 or more categories).
WillPostForFood 5y ago
The only other group as obsessed with racial hierarchies as the modern woke left was Nazi Germany. Their published classification would seem to fit just fine at Google. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws#Classifications_under_the_laws https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_Laws#Classifications...
- psychometry 5y ago
  Doesn't seem like you have any idea what "hierarchy" means.

daniellarusso 5y ago

This is almost as thoughtful as Slack enumerating all user skin tones via 5 integer values.

slumdev 5y ago
I thought making everyone cartoon yellow was more empowering. Especially on the Internet, with pseudonymity, we're all nothing more than the ideas we present. An egalitarian dream was twisted into a woke nightmare for bad actors to earn free PR by pitting people against each other.
- peter422 5y ago
  Why is yellow the “neutral” color? Why not black, or red, or white? Letting people pick whatever color seems more empowering to me.
  - Miraste 5y ago
    Because no one is bright yellow irl unless they're a few days from dying of cirrhosis.
    - peter422 5y ago
      Yellow is obviously much closer to lighter skin color than darker skin colors.
  - daniellarusso 5y ago
    I always thought it was because of The Simpsons, but going as far back as the Tracy Ullman show, so that could have been an influence as far back as 1987.
  - wreath 5y ago
    empowering for what exactly?
  - wonderwonder 5y ago