Microsoft probed over aim to double black staff numbers

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Oct 7, 2020 27 Comments

Microsoft is being questioned by the US government over whether a diversity initiative amounts to racial discrimination.

The Department of Labor has singled out the firm's pledge to double the number of "black and African American" senior staff by 2025.

Officials have warned the company the target appears "to imply that the employment action may be taken on the basis of race".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-54449164

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  • Boeing
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    Refer Me
    Whats next? Put more Asians in prison to meet diversity quota?
    Oct 7, 2020 9
    • Google
      ctPc58

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      ctPc58
      @Microsoft That’s a huge fucking leap right there. You’re putting words like “black is dumb” in their mouth.
      Seriously, people like you are part of the problem.
      Oct 7, 2020
    • Yelp
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      hjklmnop
      @Microsoft there is a history of asians coming in the US and work pretty much as slaves. Heck, SF was built that way. How come they managed to raise their status?
      There is half of the third world countries that want to come to the US. A lot of these people are piss poor, uneducated and don’t even speak the language. How come they still manage to raise their status?
      Yes, blacks have been discriminated, but a lot of their poor condition relies also on their own culture, because the US is the land of opportunity
      Oct 8, 2020
  • VMware
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    Google
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    US government is about to find out that double zero is still zero.
    Glad to see that there are still racists among us though.
    Oct 7, 2020 5
    • Apple
      old bro

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      OP
      Let’s not do this from tech industry, since it’s already dominated by color people. Instead, Let’s do it from banking industry and law industry.
      Oct 7, 2020
    • Amazon
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      jQtO88
      I say we should have white diversity initiative. Tech is dominated by indian/asian. Are you also ok with this pnwing?
      Oct 7, 2020
  • Google
    NrE443

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    NrE443
    Nobody wants to admit that you're going to be making hiring decisions based on race. You know, the way photons bounce off your skin as a qualification for a job.

    Whether you're doing it to hire your white buddies or doing it to hire colorful people, it's racial discrimination.

    No matter your original intent, it's going to end in tears.
    Oct 7, 2020 0
  • Now stupid cancel culture will be up in arms
    Oct 7, 2020 0
  • Google
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    lasagna9
    Biden wouldn’t do this. He would encourage diversity quotas instead.
    Oct 7, 2020 0