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Can you point out the errors he makes, for those of us less familiar with US civil rights law?

• ZeroGravitas 3y ago
  > 94% of these positions went to people of color, 6% to white applicants. Well that's wrong for starters. It's a net figure which counts a white person retiring and a white person being hired as a no-op if you interpret it wrongly like he has done. Between that and the demographics of the young people applying for non-degree jobs (which far outnumber the higher level jobs) probably explains most of the stat.
  • dudul 3y ago
    DHH is just using the Bloomberg article, he didn't make up the numbers. Where do you see that a white person retiring and a white person being hired cancel each other out? Yes, low level jobs contribute a lot to the final number, but the trend seems present at all levels presented in the report.
    • jevoten 3y ago
      From what I recall of the discussion at the time, it's true - the Bloomberg article only looked at job growth, not all hires. Even so, only 6% of growth going to the 58% of the population that is white is highly skewed, and I don't follow how demographics of young job-seekers explains it.