Giving Up on the Other

"The facts show that 70% of the overall Google staff are men, and that 61% are white. Asians make up 30%, Hispanics 3%, and blacks 2% of the total staff. The company's tech staff is 83% male, with roughly similar ethnic breakdown. And leadership of the company is 79% male and 72% white."

Really?  Why is Google discriminating against all the nerdy brothers who are geeking out on their computers?  Same old shit.  A brother can't get a break.  And what about the nerdy, geeky sisters of the world of any color?  You know, the ones who'd rather stay home and play video games than go out on a date?  They could at least hire a cam girl or two.  I think something like 50% of China's Baidu.com is made up of Tibetans.  It may be mandated.

I may be wrong.

Dr. Dre (I think his is an Ed.D.) will certainly interest young black men in HTML coding.  It is the future.  Was.  It was the future.  Even Dre can't get a break, though.  The white press says that his BEATS headphones technically suck.  I say don't fuck with cool.  Who gives a shit, really.  The quality of music coming out of your iPod or iPhone or Samsung doesn't warrant a good headphone.  Just cool. And Apple knows cool.  Knew.  Knew cool.

In the Gulf states--no, not Mississippi which is what I thought when I first read it, too--the government is getting hip.  They've taken to Facebook (sorry Q) and Twitter to get out their message.

"In Qatar, a campaign using posters and social media is encouraging expats to wear modest clothing in public, while in Kuwait, lawmakers have reportedly called for some swimwear to be outlawed.

Brochures distributed by the "Reflect Your Respect" campaign tell expats: "If you're in Qatar you're one of us. Help us preserve Qatar's culture and values, please dress modestly in public places by covering from shoulders to knees. Meanwhile, in Kuwait, officials are reportedly seeking to target bathers.

A committee dealing with "tackling bad social behavior" has approved a proposal to ban "nudity" of women at all swimming pools, public places and in hotels. . . ."

Reflect Your Respect.  Brother, it doesn't get any cooler than that.  The kids will go wild for that one.  It is right up there with Click it or Ticket.  There are morons everywhere.  Perhaps they should try some other slogans, though.  

"A pregnant woman is beaten to death by her relatives outside a court building. And for what? She eloped with the man she loved rather than marry the groom chosen by her family.

The terrible fate of Farzana Parveen, 25, is one shared by all too many women in Pakistan and elsewhere.

She was killed in the name of "honor," on the grounds her actions had brought shame on her family."

I know Pakistan is not a Gulf state.  It's more like Kentucky or Tennessee.  And elsewhere.  

It is just difficult to know where to focus one's energy in writing the wrongs of the earth.  Righting the wrongs, maybe.  I'm just writing them.  I've pretty much given up on the other.  Read that any way you want, but one way is more clever than the rest.