Black Google Engineer "Google hires the whitest black candidates"

[desjardins]

I’m attending a google diversity recruiting event this month
I’m “black” black fwiw
I’m expecting a certain type of black there but that’s not unique to google events really
Anyone in corporate America going be categorized a certain way by those who aren’t

 

[Strapped]

Diversity has to start at the inception of a company or it will fail miserably later on . The people who start the company will hire people like them & a cycle will begin that will be impossible to change .

 

[87 others]

What exactly is a "traditional black person"

Get dem daps doe.

You know what he means. If your personality, beliefs, values, and even taste in music isn’t identical to mine then you’re not a real black person, or better yet - a c00n.

 

[Booker T Garvey]

I get what she's saying, this new generation wants to see more cardi b's and chris brown's in the workplace

just on the strength too, regardless of whether they're qualified or not, they're more concerned about the optics

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

black ppl who grew up around majority black poll

That makes a "traditional black person" now?

You have no idea what tradition means and don't even realize that they way you're using it is racist.

I bet if one of those white kids from your "elite law school" told you that you weren't a traditional black because you're in a "elite law school" you'd be on the coli crying to us about it.

Get dem daps doe.

 

[87 others]

So is it really that far of a stretch that people who hold the same interests, went to the same schools, and got the same degrees would be similar regardless of race? It’s like black people are the only ones that aren’t allowed to have depth. Everybody has to be a certain way or else they’re not a “real” black person.

 

[EBK String]

That makes a "traditional black person" now?

You have no idea what tradition means and don't even realize that they way you're using it is racist.

I bet if one of those white kids from your "elite law school" told you that you weren't a traditional black because you're in a "elite law school" you'd be on the coli crying to us about it.

Get dem daps doe.

most of the blacks kids there arent traditional.

 

[Ghostface Trillah]

most of the blacks kids there arent traditional.

But you are? Ok bruh.

 

[EBK String]

So is it really that far of a stretch that people who hold the same interests, went to the same schools, and got the same degrees would be similar regardless of race? It’s like black people are the only ones that aren’t allowed to have depth. Everybody has to be a certain way or else they’re not a “real” black person.

a black person who grew up in a lower to middle class black neighborhood will not have the same interests as some upper middle class cac. The majority of black ppl still live in majority black neighborhoods. So we are systematically denied access to these positions.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Are there really folk out there who have spent enough time in the field to get the sort of experience/education Google is looking for who don't know how to act the part yet?

Y'all telling me that the new generation doesn't know how to code switch for a fukking job interview, or just doesn't want to?

I guess the internet and coding is pervasive enough now that maybe you could work up to a really high level without ever getting exposed to white tech culture, but you'd have to work hard not to know how they speak/act/what they looking for in a fellow coder.

The much bigger hurdles come much earlier on. It's elementary school quality, tech exposure in middle school and high school, life situations when adult decisions start getting made, college admissions, college environment, and startup/small-time tech culture where the major problems lie. Arguing about whether the Googles and Facebooks at the very top are hiring enough Black folk is just shifting around the elite talent but it ain't going to make a serious difference for the community.

 

[Koli_Kat]

That's every company and job in general. The more you can relate to people the more they like being around you and working with you.

Just so happens that majority of these US corporations are white. Most jobs require some sort of training and the average person falls somewhere on the average spectrum of intelligence.

So yes a breh interviewing at these companies who l grew up in the suburbs and likes camping , rock music and bacon is going to have a better chance than the breh who likes rap music, basketball and Soul food.

Why do you think the classic "tell me about yourself" interview question exists

 

[EBK String]

But you are? Ok bruh.

from the hood and I have deep black regional accent. I have nothing in common with 99.9% of the ppl there.

 

[ThrobbingHood]

Reminds me of the “cornball brother” comment. We need to stay on code.

 

[87 others]

a black person who grew up in a lower to middle class black neighborhood will not have the same interests as some upper middle class cac. The majority of black ppl still live in majority black neighborhoods. So we are systematically denied access to these positions.

Lower and middle class black people have the same interests as lower and middle class white people. Upper class black people (you’re trying to say they don’t exist - they do) have the same interests as their white counterparts. I doubt that google is out there hiring Billy Bob Morningtower that hates school, but likes to wear camo and drive pickup trucks either.

 

[NeilCartwright]

People wanna juelz around this point but it’s the truth. I see this every day in my line of work.

You hate to see it. I’m getting to the age now where I gotta call a spade a spade. If you c00ning you c00ning.

People know exactly what the writer is referring to in this article but will skirt around the point she’s trying to make.