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> Any decent H.R. manager knows that diversity in the workplace is absolutely essential. I've seen this mantra for years, but I've yet to see any actual studies that shows it to be true. Or did you mean from a legal perspective?
Also it's inconsistently applied. Should fashion companies have quotas for straight men?
Straight men, if they are white and under 40 years old, are not generally a protected class: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protected_class