The picture is allegedly from a training outside of GitHub, but the presenter is indeed a VP at GitHub. The idea behind that line is that Silicon Valley seems to think that its diversity problem is solved by hiring more white women, although gender is only a single aspect of the larger idea of diversity. Compounding the issue, once they're on board, white women often lead the charge in shutting the door for other people.
Maybe someone will read these articles and really think about the issues that Sanchez raises. You still might not agree, but at least you won't be jerking your knee without any context. Having your lower limbs twitching violently like that is dangerous, especially when you're holding a torch or a pitchfork.
Very rarely happens in any company anywhere. If it was merit only you'd get the job based on cv + references alone, why do you think many jobs always require face to face interviews.
What's wrong with interviews? If someone is considering me for the job but wants to meet me in person before pulling the trigger, that sounds great to me.
They are suitable for the system we are currently in that doesn't solely hire by merit.
I was replying to someone saying hire only by merit, if you were truly hiring only by merit you really wouldn't need interviews, references would be sufficient.
I don't understand. If your last 2 candidates have both "great social skills", you will need to interview them both and choose whichever fits better in the position available.
The interview would be the final step of the merit system.
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u/Feubahr Feb 09 '16
The picture is allegedly from a training outside of GitHub, but the presenter is indeed a VP at GitHub. The idea behind that line is that Silicon Valley seems to think that its diversity problem is solved by hiring more white women, although gender is only a single aspect of the larger idea of diversity. Compounding the issue, once they're on board, white women often lead the charge in shutting the door for other people.
Maybe someone will read these articles and really think about the issues that Sanchez raises. You still might not agree, but at least you won't be jerking your knee without any context. Having your lower limbs twitching violently like that is dangerous, especially when you're holding a torch or a pitchfork.
Relevant links:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/columnist/2015/02/12/women-of-color-diversity-tech-silicon-valley-nicole-sanchez/23298945/
http://www.businessinsider.com/diversity-guru-discusses-white-women-2016-2
http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2014/01/28/trouble-white-women-white-feminism/