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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Did get the e-mail saying that "high attendance at this talk was suggested strongly".
It's my understanding that they wanted to avoid a tantrum similar to the one that Mark Martinez had when he went to RHWM for a "meet and greet" and nobody showed up.
June 19, 2014 at 4:51 PM
It's gotten worse. He's has a confessional in his office for the Lab Directors to confess their sins (e.g. McMillans's WIPP muff) to him. McMillan has 10 rosaries and had to give Cook his fine Italian leather belt.