u**o
发帖数: 174 | 1 大家前几天还在开玩笑怎么不要求MBA也diversity. 现在HP已经被盯上了，这个趋势下
去， 加州，美国的
优势会被消耗光，要尽快平衡民主，共和两党势力。
http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25010163/jesse-jackson-to-take-on-techs-lack-of-diversity
Jesse Jackson to take on tech's lack of diversity
The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett-Packard
annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday to bring attention to Silicon
Valley's poor record of including blacks and Latinos in hiring, board
appointments and startup funding.
Jackson's strategy borrows from the traditional civil rights era playbook of
shaming companies to prod them into transformation. Now he is bringing it
to the age of social media and a booming tech industry known for its
disruptive innovation.
"We're talking about a sector that responds to future trends," says Ronald C
. Parker, president and CEO of the Executive Leadership Council, a group of
current and former African-American Fortune 500 executives who work to
increase diversity at the top levels of American business. "He's speaking at
one organization. I'm sure the people at Hewlett-Packard have and will
continue to put some focus on it. Whether it will accelerate is to be seen.
But it's a start."
Earl "Butch" Graves Jr., president and CEO of Black Enterprise magazine,
says Jackson is shining a light on the fact that technology companies don't
come close to hiring or spending what is commensurate with the demographics
of their customers.
"Hopefully, what Rev. Jackson is doing will bring attention to the 800-pound
gorilla in the room that nobody wants to talk about. It's high time that
gets addressed," Graves says.
It's widely recognized that the tech industry lacks diversity: About one in
14 tech workers is black or Latino both in the Silicon Valley and nationally
. Blacks and Hispanics make up 13.1 and 16.9 percent of the U.S. population,
respectively, according to the most recent census data.
"Technology is supposed to be about inclusion, but sadly, patterns of
exclusion remains the order of the day," Jackson wrote in a letter released
Monday to Apple Inc., Twitter Inc., Facebook Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co.,
Google Inc. and others.
Jackson said Tuesday that he isn't singling HP out, he's just using the
company's annual meeting to highlight the broader issue.
"This is not exclusive to Hewlett-Packard," he said.
As recently as 2011, Allstate, in alliance with Jackson's RainbowPUSH
organization, recognized HP for its commitment to diversity.
"While we certainly agree that diversity is an important issue in corporate
America, we're puzzled by Rev. Jackson's sudden interest in HP," said HP
executive vice president Henry Gomez in a statement emailed to The
Associated Press. "Today, HP is the largest company in the world with both a
female CEO and CFO and nearly half of our leadership team and Board of
Directors are women and minorities. Additionally, nearly 50 years ago, HP
established the first Minority Business Program in the United States."
Gomez also points out that in 2013, HP spent nearly $1 billion with almost
500 minority business enterprises in the U.S. and an additional $500 million
with businesses owned by women.
"We look forward to seeing Rev. Jackson at our shareholder meeting," Gomez
says.
Apple and Google declined to comment on Jackson's grievances. Facebook and
Twitter didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
Of course, the technology industry isn't without a handful of high-profile
black executives. Microsoft named John Thompson, an African-American, as
chairman of its board last month after he led a search that culminated in
the appointment of Satya Nadella as the software maker's new CEO. Thompson,
the former CEO of security software maker Symantec Corp., joined Microsoft's
board in 2012.
Another African-American, Denise Young-Smith, runs Apple's human resources
department, which oversees the personnel policies governing the iPhone maker
's nearly 85,000 employees and contractors. She reports directly to Apple
CEO Tim Cook.
And Google's chief legal officer, David Drummond is an African-American who
has been one of the company's top executives for the past 12 years.
During a recent speech at Stanford University, Jackson cited the dearth of
black and Latino leaders in the tech sector. This got sophomore computer
science major Rotimi Opeke, a leader at the school's Society of Black
Scientists and Engineers, wondering about his own opportunities.
"I've been thinking that if I can code well and produce good products, I can
be successful, but to rise up through the ranks is going to be a challenge,
" he says. "There's just not a lot of people of color in high levels of tech
leadership which is where, eventually, I'd like to be. I'm hopeful that it'
s not impossible to get there, but I do feel it would take an extraordinary
level of leadership skills to navigate."
Freada Kapor Klein started the Level Playing Field Institute 13 years ago to
teach and mentor black and Latino students in science and math. Along with
her husband Mitch Kapor, she also invests in startups with founders who are
women and people of color from an underrepresented background through Kapor
Capital, a venture capital firm.
The Kapors recently wooed former NAACP president Ben Jealous to Kapor
Capital to help boost their social impact investing.
Kapor Klein says she and her husband share Jackson's goals and vision of
what Silicon Valley should look like, but they choose to employ different
tactics to get there.
"Jesse Jackson wouldn't be heading to Hewlett-Packard or any of the other
big tech companies if they had done their job and accomplished diversity,"
she says. "He's shining a spotlight on one aspect of the growing inequality
of this country."
Villanova University management professor Quinetta Roberson says the lack of
diversity, particularly in Silicon Valley, is a problem given the value of
diversity in organizations.
Roberson cites research showing that "diversity of thought generates
creativity and innovation, and facilitates better problem-solving, both in
terms of quantity and quality of solutions."
"Given that such outcomes are what drives performance in tech companies in
the Valley, it is imperative to have such divergent perspectives represented
within the body that is doing visioning and strategic directioning for
organizations," says Roberson.
Brooklyn-based technology marketing strategist Rachel Weingarten is
frustrated by the lack of diversity in business leadership.
"America pays a lot of lip service to full diversity, and in many ways we're
constantly making great strides, but for women like myself, forming our own
companies and entrepreneurship is the only true way to level any playing
field -by creating our own," she says.
In the past, Jackson's critics have accused him of profiting from similar
protest actions. These critics say that after Jackson targeted companies
over diversity issues in the financial sector and other industries, some
have ended up donating large sums to Jackson's organizations. In other cases
, the targeted companies gave contracts to minority-owned firms that paid
Jackson for referrals.
Graves, of Black Enterprise, dismisses such concerns.
"If in the fight to create opportunity, some of the money that these
companies would contribute to United Way or the American Heart Association
happens to go to (Jackson's) Rainbow Coalition, I'm more than OK with that,"
he says.
"That's just the fear factor coming from when they see him," Graves says, "
because they know he's not going to go away." | y***i
发帖数: 11639 | 2 这个不急，烙印肯定先跳起来，呵呵。
of
【在 u**o 的大作中提到】
: 大家前几天还在开玩笑怎么不要求MBA也diversity. 现在HP已经被盯上了，这个趋势下
: 去， 加州，美国的
: 优势会被消耗光，要尽快平衡民主，共和两党势力。
: http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25010163/jesse-jackson-to-take-on-techs-lack-of-diversity
: Jesse Jackson to take on tech's lack of diversity
: The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett-Packard
: annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday to bring attention to Silicon
: Valley's poor record of including blacks and Latinos in hiring, board
: appointments and startup funding.
: Jackson's strategy borrows from the traditional civil rights era playbook of
| k****m
发帖数: 4670 | 3 我们辅助攻击
【在 y***i 的大作中提到】
: 这个不急，烙印肯定先跳起来，呵呵。
:
: of
| S**H
发帖数: 1256 | 4 In the past, Jackson's critics have accused him of profiting from similar
protest actions. These critics say that after Jackson targeted companies
over diversity issues in the financial sector and other industries, some
have ended up donating large sums to Jackson's organizations. In other cases
, the targeted companies gave contracts to minority-owned firms that paid
Jackson for referrals. | t*c
发帖数: 8291 | 5 无利不起早。
不要脸的政客闹，公司就只能花钱消灾。
cases
【在 S**H 的大作中提到】
: In the past, Jackson's critics have accused him of profiting from similar
: protest actions. These critics say that after Jackson targeted companies
: over diversity issues in the financial sector and other industries, some
: have ended up donating large sums to Jackson's organizations. In other cases
: , the targeted companies gave contracts to minority-owned firms that paid
: Jackson for referrals.
| u**o
发帖数: 174 | 6 不知道公司招人时， 对LATINO, BLACK有照顾。 CODING要求低些？ | M*******c
发帖数: 4371 | 7 昨天听npr，有一个老印开一家针对黑莫的职业培训。
这个比sca5还要狠。
说白了，人家现在就是要共产。收保护费。你不交，人家就上大刀。 | g****t
发帖数: 2751 | | a**w
发帖数: 156 | 9 Pinkman?
of
【在 u**o 的大作中提到】
: 大家前几天还在开玩笑怎么不要求MBA也diversity. 现在HP已经被盯上了，这个趋势下
: 去， 加州，美国的
: 优势会被消耗光，要尽快平衡民主，共和两党势力。
: http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25010163/jesse-jackson-to-take-on-techs-lack-of-diversity
: Jesse Jackson to take on tech's lack of diversity
: The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett-Packard
: annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday to bring attention to Silicon
: Valley's poor record of including blacks and Latinos in hiring, board
: appointments and startup funding.
: Jackson's strategy borrows from the traditional civil rights era playbook of
| f******y
发帖数: 2971 | 10 能让老印跳起来的事情，老中是不是应该支持一下？
【在 y***i 的大作中提到】
: 这个不急，烙印肯定先跳起来，呵呵。
:
: of
| | | c******a
发帖数: 4400 | 11 尼玛啊，和学校一样，这些公司已经在加油hire黑墨了，水平还凑合的都招了，没招进
来的是实在无法compete。
真是典型的眼高手低，不想付出，只想收获。不行就play politics来抢。原来不了解
，现在终于知道共产主义多么恶心了
难道无耻共产主义和大资本家垄断资本主义之间就没有其他路可走？ | T******g
发帖数: 21328 | 12 自由经济加反托拉斯？
【在 c******a 的大作中提到】
: 尼玛啊，和学校一样，这些公司已经在加油hire黑墨了，水平还凑合的都招了，没招进
: 来的是实在无法compete。
: 真是典型的眼高手低，不想付出，只想收获。不行就play politics来抢。原来不了解
: ，现在终于知道共产主义多么恶心了
: 难道无耻共产主义和大资本家垄断资本主义之间就没有其他路可走？
| c**l
发帖数: 9003 | 13 监狱也要 diversify 一下
of
【在 u**o 的大作中提到】
: 大家前几天还在开玩笑怎么不要求MBA也diversity. 现在HP已经被盯上了，这个趋势下
: 去， 加州，美国的
: 优势会被消耗光，要尽快平衡民主，共和两党势力。
: http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25010163/jesse-jackson-to-take-on-techs-lack-of-diversity
: Jesse Jackson to take on tech's lack of diversity
: The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett-Packard
: annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday to bring attention to Silicon
: Valley's poor record of including blacks and Latinos in hiring, board
: appointments and startup funding.
: Jackson's strategy borrows from the traditional civil rights era playbook of
| x***t
发帖数: 332 | | x***t
发帖数: 332 | | q*c
发帖数: 9453 | 16 没有亿万不要脸或者白痴的民众， 哪里来的这些政客？
【在 t*c 的大作中提到】
: 无利不起早。
: 不要脸的政客闹，公司就只能花钱消灾。
:
: cases
| q*c
发帖数: 9453 | 17 你以为人这种低等生物的名字是白叫的。
【在 c******a 的大作中提到】
: 尼玛啊，和学校一样，这些公司已经在加油hire黑墨了，水平还凑合的都招了，没招进
: 来的是实在无法compete。
: 真是典型的眼高手低，不想付出，只想收获。不行就play politics来抢。原来不了解
: ，现在终于知道共产主义多么恶心了
: 难道无耻共产主义和大资本家垄断资本主义之间就没有其他路可走？
| d****z
发帖数: 1232 | 18 it seems that target is again to Asian.
of
【在 u**o 的大作中提到】
: 大家前几天还在开玩笑怎么不要求MBA也diversity. 现在HP已经被盯上了，这个趋势下
: 去， 加州，美国的
: 优势会被消耗光，要尽快平衡民主，共和两党势力。
: http://www.newschannel5.com/story/25010163/jesse-jackson-to-take-on-techs-lack-of-diversity
: Jesse Jackson to take on tech's lack of diversity
: The Rev. Jesse Jackson plans to lead a delegation to the Hewlett-Packard
: annual shareholders meeting on Wednesday to bring attention to Silicon
: Valley's poor record of including blacks and Latinos in hiring, board
: appointments and startup funding.
: Jackson's strategy borrows from the traditional civil rights era playbook of
| N********n
发帖数: 13236 | 19 very true。
【在 M*******c 的大作中提到】
: 昨天听npr，有一个老印开一家针对黑莫的职业培训。
: 这个比sca5还要狠。
: 说白了，人家现在就是要共产。收保护费。你不交，人家就上大刀。
| T******g
发帖数: 21328 | | | | g********s
发帖数: 3652 | | b**********e
发帖数: 204 | 22 简单。 阿三以后在就业市场上都填族裔是拉丁裔，就可以解决IT行业Latino占比例少
的问题了。其实这两种人肤色还真差不多 | g********s
发帖数: 3652 | 23
反对！老印要垄断北美软件，中国人是他们第一敌人，干掉中国人然后他们就没有对手
了！
【在 f******y 的大作中提到】
: 能让老印跳起来的事情，老中是不是应该支持一下？
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