In Response to "Community Post #1: Exposing Hidden Bias at Google

America is thought to be diverse, but our attitudes say otherwise. It goes past race. In regards to the article, Exposing Hidden Bias at Google, bias in general is a problematic undertone in American society. Initially, in the earlier ages where men obviously triumphed in physical strength, sure, the "physically disabled" women could be expected to sit back and babysit the children- leading to the phrase "it's a man's world." Our attitude towards women working in great jobs is downright dismal. But, now as our world is shifting into an era of technology, shouldn't we be leaving those technical problems in the past?

Take one. America has attempted to tackle racial disparities by overcompensating for minorities, and leaving little for the so called "privileged", seen in college education systems. A horrible solution. Take two. Manjoo writes, men make 83 percent of Google's engineering employees and 79 percent of its managers. Instead of relaxing the hiring process specifically for women, employers should give them a real chance to enjoy working at the company. For a leading company worldwide, Google contantly experiences sexist comments inside the workplace. Why work somewhere you're already expected to turn in unsatisfactory work, and make sandwiches for everyone? 

A women should be judged by skill level, not gender. Scratch that, a person should be judged by skill level, not race or gender. From the article, it is common knowlege that a more diverse team works better and produces higher yielding results. Google, and other global companies have taken that into consideration, and are slowly equalizing the racial ratio. These companies are attempting to push America's attitude to an accepting one, but frankly, it's too slow. We need a dramatic shove in our societies to shock us into the new reality- gender or race won't matter in our technological dawn.