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> if you think it’s bad for white men, just wait till you hear what it’s like for black women "Corporate America Promised to Hire a Lot More People of Color. I

> if you think it’s bad for white men, just wait till you hear what it’s like for black women "Corporate America Promised to Hire a Lot More People of Color. It Actually Did. The year after Black Lives Matter protests, the S&P 100 added more than 300,000 jobs — 94% went to people of color." - https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-black-lives-matter-equal-opportunity-corporate-diversity/ https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-black-lives-matter-e... A BestBuy & McKinsey leadership program open only to non-whites - https://web.archive.org/web/20220927170605/https://corporate.bestbuy.com/best-buy-mckinsey-partner-to-develop-diverse-leaders/ https://web.archive.org/web/20220927170605/https://corporate... London Mayor’s Transport Team Bans Whites from Internships - https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/05/21/london-mayors-transport-team-bans-whites-from-internships/ https://thenationalpulse.com/2023/05/21/london-mayors-transp... Mind you these are official, openly stated policies. If this is what they admit to, imagine what they do more discreetly. And it's not just hiring - it's a "pipeline problem" - whites, especially non-Jewish whites, are the most underrepresented group in the Ivy League, by a significant margin - https://archive.org/download/ivy_league/ivy_league.png https://archive.org/download/ivy_league/ivy_league.png (2023 data)

spondylosaurus 2y ago
Yes, companies went out of their way to hire people of color... to rectify historical discrepancies. Also worth noting the original headline for your linked piece about Best Buy is "Best Buy, McKinsey partner to develop diverse leaders" (ah, the progressive radicals bringing down our country... McKinsey!) and your linked piece about the London transport team comes from some sensationalist outlet I've never heard of, whose founder appears to be writing articles about how "Jill Biden's White House Christmas decorations are predictably ghastly." Not sure I trust that as an unbiased source.
- like_any_other 2y ago
  > Yes, companies went out of their way to hire people of color... to rectify historical discrepancies. Glad we could move on from "it's not happening" to "it's happening and it's a good thing" expediently. > Not sure I trust that as an unbiased source. The article you distrust links (at the start of the 2nd paragraph) to the official government website advertising that internship, which states, verbatim: "You must be of Black, Asian and minority ethnic background, defined as having some African, Afro-Caribbean, Asian or other non-white heritage" https://web.archive.org/web/20231002080147/https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/stuart-ross-communications-internship https://web.archive.org/web/20231002080147/https://tfl.gov.u...
Glyptodon 2y ago
One thing I've seen is the company would prefer to hire women/non-white, but doesn't get many qualified/competitive non-white applicants. Because an unfortunate number of seem to be trying to hustle into CS from outside the field, come from boot camps, etc., and are applying to senior roles with junior skills.

spondylosaurus 2y ago

Yes, companies went out of their way to hire people of color... to rectify historical discrepancies. Also worth noting the original headline for your linked piece about Best Buy is "Best Buy, McKinsey partner to develop diverse leaders" (ah, the progressive radicals bringing down our country... McKinsey!) and your linked piece about the London transport team comes from some sensationalist outlet I've never heard of, whose founder appears to be writing articles about how "Jill Biden's White House Christmas decorations are predictably ghastly." Not sure I trust that as an unbiased source.

like_any_other 2y ago
> Yes, companies went out of their way to hire people of color... to rectify historical discrepancies. Glad we could move on from "it's not happening" to "it's happening and it's a good thing" expediently. > Not sure I trust that as an unbiased source. The article you distrust links (at the start of the 2nd paragraph) to the official government website advertising that internship, which states, verbatim: "You must be of Black, Asian and minority ethnic background, defined as having some African, Afro-Caribbean, Asian or other non-white heritage" https://web.archive.org/web/20231002080147/https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/stuart-ross-communications-internship https://web.archive.org/web/20231002080147/https://tfl.gov.u...

Glyptodon 2y ago

One thing I've seen is the company would prefer to hire women/non-white, but doesn't get many qualified/competitive non-white applicants. Because an unfortunate number of seem to be trying to hustle into CS from outside the field, come from boot camps, etc., and are applying to senior roles with junior skills.