Jesse Jackson to demand that tech companies hire his favorite color

[BannedFromDU]

Star Member Omaha Steve (38,919 posts)

Jesse Jackson to take on tech's lack of diversity
Source: AP-Excite

By MARTHA MENDOZA AND JESSE WASHINGTON

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.

FULL story at link.

This is an object lesson the liberal's demand for equal outcomes, not equal opportunities.

That's right, Jesse, you moron. Let's switch the cast of The Wire with the electrical engineers at Cisco and see how that works for you. What a dumb asshole: the way to solve the problem is to get black men to support the babies they pump into Teen Mom wannabes, so the kids can grow up and have a shot at being an engineer. But that's too HARD, isn't it, race hustlers?

In any case, we all know what this really is: it's a shakedown. The companies will donate a lot of money to nonprofits owned by Jesse and his cronies, and many fine things will be bought in the city of Chicago.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

How is it not within the realm of consideration that some industries may not hold the same attraction across all demographics?

Yes, tech-work is good but what if the number of blacks and latinos electing to pursue the requisite education are below their per capita representation within the overall US population? That is nobody's fault, it just is.

This is a nothing more than extortion.

[GOBUCKS]

Jesse should go after the National Hockey League.

[thundley4]

Jesse should go after the National Hockey League.

And the NBA and NFL.

[Skul]

Demanding diversity in the Congressional Black Caucus would be a good start.

[JohnnyReb]

When did IQ and work ethic start coming in colors?