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Does anyone seriously believe that this will result in lower costs or improved products and/or services? Sorry to say, my view is that it will just lead to a l

• skybrian 12y ago
  Seiously? Yes. Hiring is that important. Hiring someone you wouldn't have considered before could matter that much.
• davidu 12y ago
  Perhaps your point isn't clear. Are you actually suggesting that minorities can only do paper-pushing jobs? Not only is that abject racism, it's obviously untrue. The article is pointing out that because it's mostly whites and asians in tech, and people generally hire the people they know, the problem just perpetuates, leaving highly qualified, and sometimes better candidates, overlooked from positions simply because they don't enter the field of view for the candidate selection process.
  • JoeAltmaier 12y ago
    The simple statistical approach doesn't hold water. Even a few minorities in the pool would then grow until parity were reached. Hispanics would hire Hispanics etc. That isn't happening. We have to instead suppose there's built-in bias in the actual hiring process. E.g. only the dominant cultural filter is allowed weight in the hiring process, regardless of who is acting in that role.
    • Mangalor 12y ago
      One Hispanic or Black in a room full of White guys can't make the White guys hire another minority just by force of will. It just doesn't work that easily.