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My company presented a DEI slide a couple years ago showing black employees on the rise, and white on the decline, with targets of 35% black employees by 2025.

My company presented a DEI slide a couple years ago showing black employees on the rise, and white on the decline, with targets of 35% black employees by 2025. We also have intern roles that specifically require you be black, or lgtbq. It’s wild. I looked into what it would take to report the job postings, but from what I can tell you need to be discriminated against personally to make any claims.

jimbokun 4y ago
35% is almost 3x the share of black people in the US population (assuming you are talking about a US company).
- TulliusCicero 4y ago
  The left in the US has a very broken mentality when it comes to this. How it is: *Sees picture of company that's 50% white and 50% black* "Wow! How diverse!" *See picture of company that's 50% white and 50% Asian* "My god, it's nothing but white people!" You might think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not. I've seen plenty of articles from mainstream tech blogs and the like talking about how very white tech companies are, even though they're actually less white than the US population as a whole. The articles often do their best to ignore the Asian population present.
- vmception 4y ago
  Two thoughts on that: Yes, that is an overcorrection on representation. Many places that are highlighted are having things like 1-3% black employees in any capacity. Yeah getting that to 13% with qualified people would be neat! Secondly, when it comes to being above the national average I think the local area should be considered. When having a company in an area with a greater % of minorities already, with credentials and other marketable skills, then its not really proportionally. Obviously only if the goal is to be equitable or brag about being equitable, as this kind of proportion would be at the expense of the white population national average. The main goal is to recruit from areas that are being overlooked. There are plenty, they exist. Not just pester a minority that a recruiter found.
- geraldwhen 4y ago
  And probably larger than the pool of black software developers, to boot. But yes, the goal is as high a number as possible, not population or career population representation.

jimbokun 4y ago

35% is almost 3x the share of black people in the US population (assuming you are talking about a US company).

TulliusCicero 4y ago
The left in the US has a very broken mentality when it comes to this. How it is: *Sees picture of company that's 50% white and 50% black* "Wow! How diverse!" *See picture of company that's 50% white and 50% Asian* "My god, it's nothing but white people!" You might think I'm exaggerating, but I'm not. I've seen plenty of articles from mainstream tech blogs and the like talking about how very white tech companies are, even though they're actually less white than the US population as a whole. The articles often do their best to ignore the Asian population present.
vmception 4y ago
Two thoughts on that: Yes, that is an overcorrection on representation. Many places that are highlighted are having things like 1-3% black employees in any capacity. Yeah getting that to 13% with qualified people would be neat! Secondly, when it comes to being above the national average I think the local area should be considered. When having a company in an area with a greater % of minorities already, with credentials and other marketable skills, then its not really proportionally. Obviously only if the goal is to be equitable or brag about being equitable, as this kind of proportion would be at the expense of the white population national average. The main goal is to recruit from areas that are being overlooked. There are plenty, they exist. Not just pester a minority that a recruiter found.
geraldwhen 4y ago
And probably larger than the pool of black software developers, to boot. But yes, the goal is as high a number as possible, not population or career population representation.