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Tag: Workplace Diversity

Championing Diversity From Inside Google
8Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Championing Diversity From Inside Google

Google has not always been closely associated with words like diversity and inclusion. By its own count, less than 13% of its workforce is Black or Latino, and the company is currently fighting a class-action lawsuit in which plaintiffs allege a “racially biased corporate culture.” Google promised to fix its image-recognition algorithms after a software engineer discovered in 2015 that Google Photos classified him and his Black friends as “gorillas,” but in May the company was forced to acknowledge that it had simply blocked its algorithms from identifying gorillas at all.These are the kinds of issues that Annie Jean-Baptiste must grapple with as the company’s first director of product inclusion and equity. The role is meant to help ensure that people can use what Google offers regardless...
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Americans Tiring of Chief Diversity Officers – RedState
21Jul By adminNo Comments
Politics

Americans Tiring of Chief Diversity Officers – RedState

Many changes to American society happened in the wake of George Floyd’s death. We can debate the reasons behind it, but the death of Floyd in May of 2020 seemed to be way more of a catalyst for “change” than anything else. But one person’s change can be another’s forced compliance. The Floyd case and the ensuing outcry that America is inherently racist and must be changed scared companies and corporations in nearly every industry in America to examine things like hiring practices and who occupied the corner office. Thus, the title of “Chief Diversity Officer” (CDO) was born. But three years later, many Americans know what is in their own hearts, that they treat everyone the same, and the era of the CDO may be on the downslide. The House has voted to block the Pentagon from creating an...
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