Odd he would pick specifically white guys. Whites (61% of US) are underrepresented at Twitter (42%) [1], Facebook (41%) [2], and in tech overall (~55%) [3]. Meanwhile Asians are greatly over-represented - why isn't he excluding them, instead?
[3] https://hackernoon.com/white-employees-are-heavily-over-repr... (the "heavy over-representation" is, according to the 3rd chart, ~18%. I.e. there are 1.18x as many whites in leadership positions as you'd expect, but that's compared to their under-represented numbers in tech overall)
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[2] https://diversity.fb.com/read-report/
[3] https://hackernoon.com/white-employees-are-heavily-over-repr... (the "heavy over-representation" is, according to the 3rd chart, ~18%. I.e. there are 1.18x as many whites in leadership positions as you'd expect, but that's compared to their under-represented numbers in tech overall)