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Asians aren't really a minority in the tech industry. Hispanics, african americans, women and other demographic groups are still underrepresented relative to the general population.


Overrepresented minority, but still a minority nonetheless.


>underrepresented The tech sector (or the industry/science/etc. sectors) aren't the senate or whatever that they need to "represent" anyone. They should hire based on skill/merit and try to produce the best product that they can. Please stop pushing these crazy leftist agendas everywhere


>Please stop pushing these crazy leftist agendas everywhere

This is simple math. Personally, after reading this bit of your post, I am starting to believe your posts deserve to be downvoted. I do pity you though.


Whites are a minority race when you take the world thus we should reduce the number of non-whites to combat this underrepresentation inside the human species. This is simple math. I also pity you for living in some delusion of botched equality


responding to cgy1>

Asians make up 5.5% of the population of the US, this includes all Asians. I don't have figures for their representation in the tech industry at large but some quick googling shows they make up some 39% of Silicon Valley workers.

African Americans make up 13% and Latinos 17%, which means for every one Asian worker in tech, we should expect around two to three African American and Latino workers.

I don't think there should be quotas but the tech industry demographics do not come anywhere close to tracking with our country's demographics.


> I don't think there should be quotas but the tech industry demographics do not come anywhere close to tracking with our country's demographics.

Every industry ranging from Construction to Accountants has gender/ethnicity disparity.




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