This is the standard SV makeup. Do a random sample of any large tech company and this is the team you’d get. This tells me they’re not doing anything different.
Asians, a minority by every measurement, are over-represented in STEM classes to the point that Harvard and others actively discriminate against them.
Studies have shown, repeatedly, that blind hiring (stripping names from resumes, showing only experience) actually worsens diversity. This means companies generally give more opportunity to black, Asian and other minority groups.
a) bullshit
b) even if it wasn't bullshit, the companies improve with the representation to adequately ship products to markets that they would otherwise ignore
c) both kinds of people are benefits to the companies, as there is a greater priority to address markets than cater to egos of internal employees
also: for companies that are global in nature, with global operations, offices, employees, etc. is it right to take on the issues of the country where they have an office? (or are HQ-ed, or have X% of employees (even if majority)?)
Why not other things? Why aren't the issues of the impoverished of India an issue w/ tech companies, especially given the large presence of "well to do" Indians or upper-casters?
Your local governments have to push the education forward instead of doing these racist affirmative action rules.
Coinbase aspires to be a global company. What does "Black" even mean in that context? People with dark skin color? If so, a broad portion of South Asians and sub-Saharan Africans would qualify.
What does Hispanic mean? Would Spanish people qualify?
Did you mean only in the context of the USA? If so, how is that different than the Nationalist jingoism of Donald Trump, where you want US-centric population representation in a global company?
Yes. The word has a definition - even an official one by the Census Bureau.
