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Tech companies still struggle to hire black workers
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | June 9, 2018 | Nico Grant

Posted on 06/11/2018 3:23:07 PM PDT by artichokegrower

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“I’m not about diplomacy,’’ said Waters, threatening regulation. “I’m not urging, I’m not encouraging. I’m about to hit some people across the head with a hammer. I know how to do this, and I know how to do it well.’’


And I know how to throw a worthless race mongering pant load out of my place of business.

1 posted on 06/11/2018 3:23:07 PM PDT by artichokegrower
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To: artichokegrower

Translation: Give me your money and I’ll shut up.


2 posted on 06/11/2018 3:26:26 PM PDT by thesharkboy (Charter member of the Basket of Deplorables)
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To: artichokegrower

Mad Maxine is a TDS-deranged, racist, hatemongering kakistocrat.


3 posted on 06/11/2018 3:26:32 PM PDT by Carl Vehse
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Because PDJT said not to? 🍿🍻😹
4 posted on 06/11/2018 3:27:38 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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Why are so many high-tech company founders and CEOs white males? Silicon Valley must be the most racist place on Earth.

You look at the videos made by the Computer History Museum, and it’s all white males. Bunch of racists. Transistors and IC chips must be racist too.


5 posted on 06/11/2018 3:27:47 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Seth Rich] == [the Democrat's John Dean])
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To: artichokegrower

Meritocracy, the anathema of affirmative action.

Merit is ENTIRELY colorblind. Not so “affirmative action”, deliberately hiring incompetents and promoting them far beyond their level of expertise.

Not a recipe for continued success. And especially not for the “affirmative action” hires, who soon flounder and wander around in an endless fever swamp of their own making.


6 posted on 06/11/2018 3:29:36 PM PDT by alloysteel ("No" is a complete sentence. On so many levels.)
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No surprise there. They do expect you to work, to be responsible and to not be on drugs.


7 posted on 06/11/2018 3:30:42 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: artichokegrower
in·com·pe·tence inˈkämpədəns/ noun noun: incompetence; plural noun: incompetences inability to do something successfully; ineptitude.
8 posted on 06/11/2018 3:32:38 PM PDT by lombardwarrior2
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A simple fix, merely lower the hiring standards.


9 posted on 06/11/2018 3:33:08 PM PDT by chief lee runamok
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Having done IT hiring in both California and Washington state, I offer the following - check your applicant pool. From Wikipedia:

According to 2015 US Census Bureau estimates, California's population was 72.9% White, 6.5% Black or African American, 14.7% Asian, 1.7% Native Americans, 0.5% Pacific Islander and 3.8% from two or more races.

So, you're looking at a black population half the national average and an Asian population three times it. That's before you even start to filter by experience and skill set. It isn't really that complicated.

10 posted on 06/11/2018 3:34:22 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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in·com·pe·tence inˈkämpədəns/ noun noun: incompetence; plural noun: incompetence inability to do something successfully; ineptitude. "allegations of professional incompetence" synonyms: ineptitude, ineptness, inability, lack of ability, lack of skill, lack of proficiency; inadequacy, ineffectiveness, inefficiency, deficiency, insufficiency; amateurishness, clumsiness; informaluselessness "her dismissal was based only on her incompetence"
11 posted on 06/11/2018 3:34:36 PM PDT by lombardwarrior2
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And the fact that men named women’s body parts has some feminists in a tizzy. Insane!


12 posted on 06/11/2018 3:35:17 PM PDT by dhs12345
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many of them don’t hire other Americans, too... preferring instead of import more and more “cheaper” and “more compliant, obedient” (since many lack papers in USA)...workers from communist China, etc.

have seen some TOP graduates from TOP USA universities denied even interviews...or even simple responses (thank you but we don’t need you?) to their job applications

apply from communist China (or India if you code stuff) and you’ll be actively recruited, hired immediately?


13 posted on 06/11/2018 3:36:45 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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A simple fix, merely lower the hiring standards.

... for people of color, while maintaining hiring standards for whites and Asians.

14 posted on 06/11/2018 3:37:59 PM PDT by The people have spoken (Proud member of Hillary's basket of deplorables)
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she was “floored” to learn that black workers make up 1 or 2 percent of the workforce at several prominent tech companies

Surely there can't be anything to "The Bell Curve" can there?

15 posted on 06/11/2018 3:38:21 PM PDT by Balding_Eagle ( The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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Harder is true when these companies find hiring illegals, H1B, H2B, and others so much easier and cheaper. I have little sympathy for these companies in general. Hire in your community, hire Americans, pay a good wage, and train as needed. As we go into the summer, at the right wage, there are plenty of legal, American workers.


16 posted on 06/11/2018 3:40:43 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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I visited a company today and was told there are no good workers to hire. Those unemployed are not employable.

In Morristown Tennessee there is pretty much full employment


17 posted on 06/11/2018 3:44:16 PM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Greetings Jacques. The revolution is coming))
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For the most part, people neither know nor care about the race of the people who wrote the software they use. They care that it works, though.

Then there's Breakdown of PhD degrees, by field and race/ethnicity. In 2012, there were 1,845 Computer Science PhD's graduated. Want to guess how many of them were black? 34.

In mathematics, out of 1,702 PhD's, 23 were black. In physics, 26 out of 1,871.

18 posted on 06/11/2018 3:45:18 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (Clap for the wolfman)
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Then hire nearby, import AMERICANS, not foreigners. There are workers elsewhere that need jobs.


19 posted on 06/11/2018 3:45:39 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!)
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I’m with Auntie Maxine on this one. The sooner Big Tech begins to diversity hire the quicker their empires will collapse.


20 posted on 06/11/2018 3:47:34 PM PDT by JonPreston
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