(Disclaimer: This post is a response to the article,NYTimes: Exposing Hidden Biases at Google to Improve Diversity , please read before commenting.)
The workforce at Google is 83% male. Google itself acknowledges this fact as a problem, and is attempting to resolve it. They, as well as others believe, think, know that this is a problem of bias. Google is putting most all their employees and executives through seminars to crack down on unconscious racial, and sexual, bias. But will this really solve the problem? While Google itself is skeptical, they do still believe that this will incur a change over time that will increase diversity in the workplace. However this will not make any noticable change.
There is a reason goggle has a mostly male workplace, and while bias does have something to do with it, it mostly doesn't. The chief problem is a lack of diversity amongst those who are qualified for the job. My very own sister is going for a major in computer science, and is one of two girls in her class. To top it off most of the guys in the classes are Asian or Middle-eastern. This reflects Google, as well as other tech companies work forces. Meaning basically that there isn't a diverse population that is properly trained and applying for these jobs.
Therefore the reason for a lack of diversity in university classes stems from racial and sexual bias from a young age, perhaps even before a person is born. If so, then that means that no matter how many seminars Google and other tech giants make their employees attend, the dream of racial and sexual diversity will be just that. A dream. There is almost nothing a person or company can do to uproot the deep planted ideas of segregation. While Google's efforts are applaudable, they fittingly match the phrase of too little, too late.
