>As a high-profile non-white engineering executive at a company that is under scrutiny for its lack of diversity among its technical employee
Why does this matter
Why does this matter
All of a sudden, Asian people become a minority when it suits the narrative.
There are plenty of Asians (South and East) at all the tech companies being castigated for lack of ethnic diversity. You can't have it both ways.
Wow... can't count women either, they are over half the population!... hmmM
If asians count for diversity, there is no lack of diversity of tech companies. If asians don't count for diversity, then the author's point is invalid since it shouldn't matter to morale whether or not the fired person was white or asian.
If asians count for diversity, there is no lack of diversity of tech companies.
I don't know how else to parse that statement. If absence of such clustering is the meaning of "diversity", why would the departure of an ethnic CTO cause lowered morale?
Since they're not considered minorities, the lack of diversity and their ethnicity should not affect morale at all.
So whether or not your contention is correct, it is of no help to the original comment.