Google is setting caps on white and Asian students for a prestigious fellowship (twitter.com) 11 points by danhak 3y ago ↗ HN
[–] sn0w_crash 3y ago ↗ Yeah this stuff will eventually meet its legal demise.“You have too many Asians” isn’t gonna fly.
[–] tarakat 3y ago ↗ Google's 2022 US workforce is 48.3% white [1]. The US is 57% white [2]. Why is Google setting caps on an already underrepresented group?[1] https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/about.google/en//... page 31[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta... [–] codefreeordie 3y ago ↗ Since Google's goal is not to have a workforce that mirrors the population from which it is drawn, it makes sense that they are acting in a manner that would prevent it from having that workforce.
[–] codefreeordie 3y ago ↗ Since Google's goal is not to have a workforce that mirrors the population from which it is drawn, it makes sense that they are acting in a manner that would prevent it from having that workforce.
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[ 11.7 ms ] story [ 83.4 ms ] thread“You have too many Asians” isn’t gonna fly.
[1] https://static.googleusercontent.com/media/about.google/en//... page 31
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_the_United_Sta...