Uber Bemoans White, Male Employees, Calls for “Change”

Yesterday, an Uber executive called upon their white, male employees to take a very specific course of action, reports The Daily Caller.

Uber’s Request for White, Male Employees

Yesterday, Bozoma Saint John, Uber’s Chief Brand Officer, delivered the hereinafter message while speaking at an SXSW Conference and Festival:

“I want white men to look around in their office and say, ‘Oh look, there’s a lot of white men here. Let’s change this.’ Why do I, as the black woman, have to fix that? There’s 50 of you, there’s one of me…I want white men to make the noise.”

According to a 2017 diversity report, 36% of individuals who work within Uber are women. Furthermore, Hispanic people and black people do not hold higher positions in the company. Apparently, Uber views “changing” their white, male employees as the solution to the aforesaid statistics.

Saint John then proceeded to lament the lack of black Uber workers in positions of seniority:

“The number of African Americans in Silicon Valley is dismal. It’s not up to one company. It’s up to the entire industry to make sure that we are moving the conversation forward. Sometimes those walls of competition need to come down so we can move the entire industry forward.”

The War on White Men

Over the past few months, many Americans have expressed concerns over what they view as the war on white men. Some people furthermore believe that various companies and businesses are intentionally discriminating against white, male employees as a means of “evening” the playing field of perceived inequalities.