Only 2% of EYs intern class says diversity is a key factor in choosing an employer

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6. I think most educated millenials really dont care about race issues in their personal relationships.

And I don't mean, "they don't give a shit". I mean for many younger people race is a nonfactor. They view it like older people would view the trivialness of hair or eye color in determining how you feel about that person. It really doesn't matter. Colorblindness. I'm a millennial, by definition. I personally don't care if I'm applying to an majority white, black or Hispanic company. Results and personal respect matter and when I meet someone for the first time, everyone is equal.

I spent two years working in an engineering group where I was one of two white guys on a shift/group of 8 people. I never thought twice about it other than the statistical anomaly of the situation. There were a couple AA my own age and it was business as usual. Sure, they had different understanding of racial undercurrents due to their upbringing, but as far as present relationships we were really on the same page without any surprises. But many of the AA's in the group were late 50's and early 60's and I found personal conversations with them most interesting. Just an entirely different mindset about racial issues than I developed in the period I grew up in Northern Ohio. I learned to look at situations from an entirely different perspective.

I've been in working groups with 100% white males, too. Doesn't matter to me. Unfortunately, never had more than one female in a working group ... as there just doesn't seem to be many females engineering.