THE NEW TOLERANCE: New York Times Wants Google to Fire Asians for Diversity. Well, not really. It does float the suggestion, but in a way that at least seems to show that it’s untenable.

Here’s a good line from the NYT article:

Although tech is a key driver of the economy and makes products that many Americans use everyday, it does not come close to reflecting the demographics of the country — in terms of sex, age or race.

What does the “although” here suggest? That the importance of an industry means that it should institute racial preferences? Maybe we should just admit that there’s some mystical connection between productivity, efficiency, and utility on the one hand and hiring people for their abilities rather than their race on the other. If an industry is important, that itself should be a reason why it shouldn’t institute racial preferences — or, to put the matter more honestly, why it shouldn’t institutionalize anti-white, anti-Asian employment policies.