"The coding industry -- the tech industry -- is the fastest growing industry in New York," said Marx. "It's a, let's say, non-diverse industry, so we're trying to get them some of the diversity of talent by providing the coding instruction for free". .
In defense of slow improvement in diversity, companies often cite, and even complain, that the talent "pipeline" simply does not have enough diversity, so how could they possibly hire diverse candidates out of a non-diverse pipeline without compromising on skills?
For the most part, the ecosystem services which satisfy a large number of human preferences are supplied by relatively simple, non-diverse systems, such as salt marshes (useful for water filtration), and the low-diversity agricultural systems in which food is produced.
We're used to a non-diverse political class in the UK.
"All white boards, shareholders etc and no one wants to challenge tradition of non-diverse mindsets.
Whenever I have these conversations about "how", someone from a non-diverse background starts talking about avoiding quotas and box-ticking, and emphasising the importance of employing people on their merits.
You'll have read by now that Rampling, 69, in response to the bubbling unrest over #AllWhiteOscars, touchily suggested to French radio that the dissent over the Academy's non-diverse acting nominations is "racist to whites".
But in the event that a traditional non-diverse choice for 007 has to be made, there is really only candidate, and I am astonished that no one but myself can see it: Tom Hardy.
After talking to actor Lenny Henry and being struck by how non-diverse an audience at the National Theatre was two years ago, Vaizey said he realised how angry people were about it and how much needed to be done.
