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Outrage as Twitter reveals just 49 of its 3,000 US employees are black [1.7%]
Daily Mail ^
| 7/2/15
| MIA DE GRAAF
Posted on 07/02/2015 5:20:59 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
Twitter only has 49 black employees - out of 2,910 staff members in America.
The 35 men and 14 women account for just 1.7 per cent of the firm's US operation, which is 93.8 per cent white or Asian.
It represents a stark lack of progress since last year, when senior executives promised to boost their number of African American staff from 2 per cent.
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bias; media; race
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To: duffee
I wonder what their LGBTQP percentage is?Somewhere in the three-dollar bill range I'd expect.
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posted on
07/02/2015 7:42:57 AM PDT
by
tacticalogic
("Oh, bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Maybe people should get more up in arms about Twitter allowing murderous jihadis to spread propaganda and recruit future terrorists than whether they can better appease Sharpton and Jackson.
Just sayin' ...
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posted on
07/02/2015 7:46:16 AM PDT
by
bassmaner
(Hey commies: I am a' white male, and I am guilty of NOTHING! Sell your 'white guilt' elsewhere.)
To: duffee
Dunno...maybe high.....worldwide they’re 2-3% aren’t they? But they tend to concentrate so it’s hard to tell.
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posted on
07/02/2015 7:49:07 AM PDT
by
Gaffer
To: SoFloFreeper
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OUTRAGE?I find that hard to believe.
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posted on
07/02/2015 8:29:27 AM PDT
by
JOAT
To: duffee
So IT is exempt from affirmative action?
My experience is that it is, for whatever reason. I don't think it will always be that way. I suspect that, the larger the organization, the easier it is to hide incompetency, and I've gravitated towards smaller companies in my career.
It's also an area that ends up being very visible when it screws up. If the customer service manager or the marketing guy screws up - nobody may even notice. If the IT guy screws up, things can grind to a halt in a hurry.
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posted on
07/02/2015 9:02:28 AM PDT
by
chrisser
(This space for rent.)
To: Reno89519
there really are few jobs wherein we need to import cheap labor, unless your reason is to suppress American wages and and increase profits.Those are exactly the reasons corporations want H-1B.
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posted on
07/02/2015 9:25:43 AM PDT
by
ConservingFreedom
(A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
To: SoFloFreeper
Twitter only has 49 black employees - out of 2,910 staff members in AmericaTwitter got the 49 blacks in kalifornication that can read and ask a question without using an
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posted on
07/02/2015 9:32:17 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
To: SoFloFreeper
This is really a simple problem to solve: twitter should simply quit utilizing employment criteria such as education, knowledge, ability, personality, and experience and instead just make random picks from the unemployment line. It’s a great way to achieve “diversity”!
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posted on
07/02/2015 9:39:35 AM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: bkepley
I work with VERY competent black people but I work for a very large and well known company who can go out and find them and if necessary import them.I sold for IBM and at one time my sales manager was black.
He was excellent and our district lead the region for years, but IBM took no prisoners, if you couldn't cut it you got bounced and color didn't matter.
IBM maybe would give a black person an extra time period to get right but if they couldn't, tough.
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posted on
07/02/2015 9:40:20 AM PDT
by
USS Alaska
(Exterminate the terrorist savages, everywhere.)
To: Popman
if this was an "evil" Koch brothers company the left would be going bonkers...
To: SoFloFreeper; Popman
The Koch Brothers backed and supported the case that made gay marriage legal. The left should love them.
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posted on
07/02/2015 1:54:09 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: SoFloFreeper
SCOTUS just upheld that racial statistics can be used to show racism and discrimination via disparte impact.
Someone has the potential for a lawsuit that will destroy Twitter.
To: GeronL; SoFloFreeper
The Koch Brothers backed and supported the case that made gay marriage legal. The left should love them.Gay marriage and racism are two different things...
The progressive left would have no problem burning down a Koch business because they only have 1.7 % blacks employed there and the same group would have a gay pride parade at another Koch business...
You are under the mistaken belief the left has consistent values ...
They have Cognitive dissonance...
Never forget: The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution"
Their goal is to attain and keep power even if it means being inconsistent on issues...
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posted on
07/02/2015 2:05:31 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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