Brian Hall

Brian Hall was a man who asked a simple question. What if Silicon Valley doesn't have a diversity crisis?

The Rationale

As a Forbes contributing author, Hall submitted the article There Is No Diversity Crisis in Silicon Valley on October 5, 2015. It was removed by October 7.

In Hall's expert opinion, as a professional writer on the subject of the global rise of Silicon Valley, there is no need to inject diversity into major tech companies. How can he possibly mansplain such egregious hatemongering, this veritable Holocaust against the "diversity in tech" movement? Finance. Even with setbacks like the abysmally received Windows 10 and Facebook's excruciating, painful death, their respective companies are still raking in the jewgolds hand over fist, and their stocks are soaring. Presumably, those pushing for diversity in tech will tell us that these and many other companies are dominated by bigoted white men who have concocted some laughable conspiracy to keep Silicon Valley looking like a 1950s golf course, except Jews are allowed in this time. Hall posited that, given the truly Olympian heights tech companies have achieved, maybe... just maybe they shouldn't be forced to hire unqualified women, spics, niggers, and trannies.

For this, he must be crucified.

The Reaction

	“	what a troll	„
	—Not everyone is out to get you personally, just your ignorant agendas.

	“	Been a while since I read a piece so stunningly out of touch	„
	—Refusal to cater to your desires is not being "out of touch."

	“	Every sentence in this piece of garbage is worse than the last.	„
	—Those sentences that said you shouldn't be given special treatment, pray tell?

	“	If you can't make it in tech, then it's your fault.	„
	—A wise few actually understood the meaning of the piece.

	“	And today's award for The Literal Worst goes to...	„
	—As in, Literally Worse than Hitler?

	“	Just saw @brianshall's article get ripped from @forbes for suggesting the "diversity crisis" is not a big deal. The brainwashing is real.	„
	—Submitted without comment.

	“	As @brianshall points out, there is no diversity crisis in Silicon Valley. Go ahead, argue.	„
	—Oh, they will.

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Hall's article was subsequently removed on the grounds of "discrimination," as not catering to people's delusions is deeply triggering, and that concerns Forbes far more than mere money.

The TL;DR

	“	In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.	„
	—George Orwell

See also

• Shanley Kane will be positively overjoyed to see the thought police cracking some white guy's skull.

External

• Further reading
• Feel free to look for an archived copy, but there are none anywhere:
  • http://www.forbes.com/sites/brianhall/2015/10/05/there-is-no-diversity-crisis-in-silicon-valley/

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