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Jesse Jackson to take on Silicon Valley’s lack of diversity
The Washington Times - AP ^ | March 18, 2014 | Martha Mendoza & Jesse Washington

Posted on 03/18/2014 4:22:38 PM PDT by jazusamo

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett Packard annual shareholder meeting on Wednesday to bring attention to Silicon Valley’s poor record of including blacks and Latinos in hiring, board appointments and startup funding.

Jackson’s strategy borrows from the traditional civil rights era playbook of shaming companies to prod them into transformation. Now he is bringing it to the age of social media and a booming tech industry known for its disruptive innovation.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; cultureofcorruption; diversity; extortion; hewlettpackard; jessejackson; racehustler; shakedown; shakedownracket; siliconvalley; thug
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There are areas in the "open-minded" Bay Area that have never met a Conservative.

81 posted on 03/18/2014 7:42:30 PM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: Steely Tom

Great catch...


82 posted on 03/18/2014 7:54:00 PM PDT by GOPJ ( http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024685964 - democrats hating Obamacare...)
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To: GOPJ

David Kirp, the author of the book (but not, obviously, of the quote) was a member of President Obama’s transition team back in 2008.


83 posted on 03/18/2014 8:00:10 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: jazusamo

“Oh, boy! Green pastures. Why didn’t I think of this before?”


84 posted on 03/18/2014 8:04:15 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: jazusamo

We have the United Nations working at all these places.

I’d tell him his schtick is over, “Ave Nice Day”.


85 posted on 03/18/2014 8:04:49 PM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Steely Tom

Jesse Jerks on, last time I checked Asians and Indians were minorities. Now, why not tell your race that dropping out of school, or playing sports is not the real world. Also tell them if I see one more applicants with a name starting with ‘La’, ‘Qa’ or ‘Xz’, I’ll throw it in the trash.


86 posted on 03/18/2014 8:06:06 PM PDT by ExCTCitizen (2014: The Year of DEAD RINOS)
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To: doorgunner69

This is the tax accounting department - so technical with an ever changing set of rules.

My family has several engineering - unfortunately for me I’m not one. Never would have been able to handle that math.


87 posted on 03/18/2014 8:31:40 PM PDT by Aria ( 2008 & 2012 weren't elections - they were coup d'etats.)
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To: jazusamo
Is Silicon Valley less diverse than the National Basketball Association?
Is the median NBA salary less of a living wage than the median Silicon Valley salary?
Ditto the National Football League.
88 posted on 03/18/2014 8:55:05 PM PDT by Amagi (Lenin: "Socialized Medicine is the Keystone to the Arch of the Socialist State.")
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To: jazusamo
HHS dumping Verizon for Hewlett-Packard to host HealthCare.gov

As the new infrastructure/host enabler of healthcare.gov,
hp richly deserves everything rev. jackson does to them.

It is like Daimler-Benz building aircraft engines for the Nazis.

screw hp

89 posted on 03/19/2014 3:48:36 AM PDT by greedo
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To: faithhopecharity
If one minority is not well represented, perhaps Jesse could better spend his time encouraging its kids to complete math ...

First he would have to get them to stop shooting each other.

90 posted on 03/19/2014 5:40:13 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Ocoeeman; doorgunner69

While responding to your question, the answer became too long.
So I made it a separate blog post. You can read the answer here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3134856/posts


91 posted on 03/19/2014 5:59:01 AM PDT by jimjohn (You don't get the kind of government you want, or the kind you need. You get the kind you deserve.)
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To: DuncanWaring

Agreed. Shooting each other is a pretty undesirable way to reduce the ranks of the unemployed.


92 posted on 03/19/2014 7:24:28 AM PDT by faithhopecharity ("H)
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