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The article, "Exposing Hidden Bias At Google" by Farhad Manjoo, addresses the concern of gender inequality at Google. The lack of diversity of male and female within a company is due to many factors, such as racism, sexism and hidden bias. People are aware of this ongoing problem and have attempted to fix it. However, how do we know if the efforts to improve diversity are working?
In an attempt to increase the amount of diversity at Google, they have had numerous workshops for their employees to attend. However, they don't have a set plan or goal. As said in the article, "Google is attacking the problem with its considerable resources and creativity. But it does not have a timeline for when the company's work force might become representative of the population, or whether it will ever get there." If Google doesn't have an estimated date where equality and diversity is reached, how do we know that they actually want to fix the problem? Just because they are trying to find a solution, doesn't mean it's making a difference.
In another attempt to increase the amount of awareness, Dr. Welle constructed a 90-minute lecture. As said by him in his training, "everyone is a little bit racist or sexist." Sadly, racism and sexism have become an every day habit in today's society. There are people whom you could classify as racist or sexist due to their blunt remarks. These people are told time and time again that they are racist or sexist. However, there are people who's comments go unnoticed, yet they are definitely racist or sexist. These people are the ones that do the most harm. It's called hidden bias.
Of the two attempts to improve diversity, did any work? There was no real evidence that workshops affected diversity at Google. However, there is evidence that Dr. Welle's lecture worked. The comments that went unnoticed were getting called on as hidden bias. Eventually, Google will be extremely diverse and so will society.
