The article title on HN seems particularly misleading. It seems that the submitter is trying to imply that Ms. Pao is hiring in a way that is discriminatory (i.e., that would make it harder for people of some gender or race to join the company). The full context of the quote is:

> Ms. Pao, who said she wants to stay long-term as Reddit’s CEO when a one-year interim period ends, said she has removed salary negotiations from the hiring process because studies show women don’t fare as well as men. She has brought in well-known Silicon Valley diversity consultant Freada Kapor Klein to advise the company. And she has passed on hiring candidates who don’t embrace her priority of building a gender-balanced and multiracial team. “We ask people what they think about diversity, and we did weed people out because of that,” she said.

It's eminently clear from the rest of the quote that she is not doing anything untoward or illegal, or even particularly unethical; a headline that paints her actions in that way seems misleading.

I'd suggest instead: "Reddit CEO Ellen Pao: “We ask people what they think about diversity, and we did weed people out because of that,”"

Or, to use the original quote, and simply replace the rephrasing with the original content: "Reddit CEO Ellen Pao "passed on hiring candidates who don’t embrace her priority of building a gender-balanced and multiracial team"".