Or I'll reflect about an American company imposing change to the rest of the world about domestic issues.
FWIW I live in Paris, France and I think the tech scene is quite diverse here.
And I'm not saying racism is not an issue, but I also have black friends that told me that they never experienced it.
Yep, crazy. As an offshoot of that, affirmative action is also forbidden. True story.
tl;dr: such data was used during the Nazi occupation and France helped deportation
[0]: https://www.brookings.edu/articles/race-policy-in-france/
[0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/coronavirus-fran...
The term "contribution" implies active impact on a problem. It comes from the Latin "contribuere" which means to "bring together" or to "add". If X contributes to Y, you should be able to measure the contribution, but there's no way to measure the impact of something that never existed in the first place.
I'm sure the far right in France would love to have ethnic statistics, especially for crime rates... it's the left that historically pushed back against it.
There are several forms of affirmative action that depend on things like income and local disparities.
"In 2010, France passed a law prohibiting people from wearing clothing in public that covers your face. And although many blasted the law as Islamophobic, the "burqa ban" remains in place today, punishable with a fine and citizenship course."
Here's the third search result for the term "is france a tolerant society?", from Wikipedia which has a wiki dedicated to that topic [1]:
"Racism is regarded by many in French society as a significant social problem. Racism against Jews and Muslims has a long history, and acts have been reported against members of resident groups including Algerian, Berbers and Arabs. In 2016, the French National Commission on Human Rights reported that 8% of French believe that some races are superior to others."
[0] https://www.npr.org/2020/04/28/847433454/from-niqab-to-n95 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism_in_France
In the end you'll find that it's the classic divide between Europe and America, seeing society as different classes versus different "races".
Many statements are selection bias or apex fallacy. The author of the original article talks about $20m donations as though that's the case for the majority of white people, instead of just a rounding error. What's worse is assuming that an observation must be selection bias, when selection bias needs demonstrating.
Having free education for everybody surely helps.