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I get what he meant ("we're looking to create a diverse team") but the way he phrased it is just all kinds of wrong.

Keeping a terse style doesn't justify saying silly things which I assume weren't meant literally.

Best comment so far. If his intention was to say "Diverse staff; we are looking for new and varied backgrounds and cultures to cover our stories", he should have said something along those lines to avoid the expected (and justified) "WTF" of saying they aren't accepting any more "privileged" positions.

Or maybe we white males should just rest assured that we aren't being discriminated against, especially not by an organization of mostly white males, and think more carefully before we post things like this to HN. You knew exactly how people would interpret it, but you chose to ignore the context in which the question was asked.

And this is a guy in journalism. Where communication is his career. Awesome.

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