Posted on 07/08/2014 6:20:07 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
Major tech companies like Facebook, Yahoo and Google arent doing enough to add more women and minority workers to their rolls, three Northern California Democrats charged on Tuesday.
It is painfully clear the sector faces a persistent and troubling deficit when it comes to women, African-Americans and Latinos, Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.), Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) and Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) claimed in an op-ed in the San Jose Mercury News.
Diversifying the tech workforce will not only boost the bottom line, but also provide African-American, Latino and female students with success stories in a field largely devoid of role models, they wrote. Some major Silicon Valley firms have begun disclosing statistics on diversity at their offices. By and large, the workplaces are overwhelmingly male, white and Asian.
Google, for instance, is 70 percent male, 61 percent white and 30 percent Asian. African-American workers, meanwhile, make up just 2 percent of the Web giant.
The three Democratic lawmakers praised the companies for disclosing their diversity stats but said that was only the first step.
We'd like to commend these companies and others that have provided this data, they wrote. Are we satisfied with the picture it presents? Hardly.
But as female members of a legislative body starkly unrepresentative of our nation, we know the first step in solving any challenge is recognizing there is one.
The focus should now be on diversity at the firms highest tiers and recruitment techniques should better target women and minority workers, they said.
Congress needs to do its part, too, they added.
Not enough American students are taking advantage of math and engineering classes, and thats especially true for Latino, African-American and female students. In 12 states, for instance, not a single African-American student took the Advanced Placement test for computer science.
Lawmakers in Washington can put a focus on that disparity and ensure that all students get equal access to opportunities that lead to top Silicon Valley jobs, the lawmakers offered.
The new bumper stickers will read “Legislate Diversity!”
Diversifying the tech workforce will not only boost the bottom line.
Prove it.
(If that were true, it would have already happened).
You hire the best otherwise you are out of business.
“...Diversifying the tech workforce will not only boost the bottom line....”
It will take it to beyond the red line and then on into bankruptcy.
There, fixed it.
Success is the best and only true role model.
These candy floss-brained lefties think a role model is like a runway model...simply there to act as a clothes horse.
Now I am troubled, too. (see tagline)
They really represent a troubling lack of diverse thought. Facebook or Goggle would be tyrants given half the chance.
This law makes it illegal to discriminate against someone on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, or sex
Sounds like the Dems want to break the law. In fact, ANY effort to promote diversity violates this act.
Oh, this is code for the DNC wants more money.
Lie! Only if the workforce can write code, document code (As I, a lowly WASP tech writer made my living doing) or manage the code, can you make a profit.
They already are.
Tip #1: Figure out how much time you spend socializing on your computer or phone. Spend at least a quarter of that time learning to program with the free tools available on the internet.
I still see way to many companies post positions with “we are a affirmative Action/equal opportunity employer.” No, you can only be one of those, not both.
True, the Democrats are diverse; they have morons and idiots and self centered egotistical elitists for leaders.
Diversity?
Try to find a conservative in either company. Zuckerturd and Shhhmit are both flaming libs.
Exactly. Cognitive dissonance. It is at the core of liberalism.
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