Actual post from Dec. 15 from one of the streams. This is a real topic. As far as promoting women and minorities even if their qualifications are not as good as the white male scientists, I am all for it. We need diversity at the lab and if that is what it takes, so be it. Quit your whining. Look around the lab, what do you see? White male geezers. How many African Americans do you see at the lab? Virtually none. LLNL is one of the MOST undiverse places you will see. Face it folks, LLNL is an institution of white male privilege and they don't want to give up their privileged positions. California, a state of majority Hispanics has the "crown jewel" LLNL nestled in the middle of it with very FEW Hispanics at all!
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There will be much better states to be living in than CA over the next decade. During the last big recession of the early 90's, it took CA over 5 years to fully recover while the rest of the nation moved back into prosperity much earlier. It will take even longer this time around due to the vast destruction in real estate prices in this state.
California could be broke by July, state official warns - AP News, May 7