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James Damore, who was fired in August for internally circulating a manifesto that argued Google’s gender pay gap was the result of genetic inferiority,

It's been awhile since I read it, but I highly doubt he used or even implied "inferiority"—differences are not determinants of human worth, but rather they are of human capability in various fields. If there are traditionally fewer women completing STEM education, but STEM companies require 50% women employees, discrimination against better qualified males is the implicit result, unless women are so superior that a handful of them is worth a boatload of men in STEM. Highly unlikely.

Students in STEM Fields by Gender and Race/Ethnicity

Key Points
Male students are about twice as likely as female students to enter STEM fields; among both men and women, about 40% of those who enter these fields complete a credential and about a quarter earn a bachelor’s degree in a STEM field. About twice as many Asian as white, black, or Hispanic students enter STEM fields. Completion rates are lowest for black and Hispanic students, with only 16% of those in each of these groups who enter STEM fields earning bachelor’s degrees in these fields, compared to about 30% of the Asian and white students who enter these fields.

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Reproduced from Trends in Higher Education page of College Board web site