If you want diverse points of view, race is only one dimension of what you're looking for and using it as the sole measure of diversity isn't really that produc

If you want diverse points of view, race is only one dimension of what you're looking for and using it as the sole measure of diversity isn't really that productive. For instance, I have coworkers that were born in Ukraine, France and Germany who are all lumped into the Caucasian group with me that offer perspectives much more different from mine than my African-American and Asian-American coworkers. My belief is that Country/Region of origin plays a much larger role in your point of view than skin color. This is particularly true when you get to technical skills since different countries educate children in different ways. I have one coworker who attended University in Dubai who's an excellent engineer, but has an approach that's very different from mine. Also, Asian is way too corse a classification, especially for our industry. It should, at a minimum, be broken down into Middle-Eastern, those from the Indian subcontinent and East Asian. These numbers would be a lot more interesting if they subdivided Asian and then subdivided each category into US and non-US. Knowing what percent of Google's workforce is Caucasian-American rather than simply Caucasian would provide a lot more insight into Google's diversity.