Google released its diversity report yesterday. There were two footnotes I thought were interesting (thread) diversity.google/annual-report/ 
Footnote 3. They dive into tricky definition of what is hispanic. They choose to abandon the term, and coin a new one "Latinx"--a gender inclusive term for people of Latin American origins, no matter mother tongue.
This is because to Google, Hispanic means "spanish speaking" and therefore would (incorrectly) exclude, say, Brazilians. There is precedent for this definition but it's kinda ahistorical. Hispania is Roman name for the Iberian peninsula, including Portugal, which colonized Brazil
As a half-Hispanic, but with only passing claim to Latin American origins (my father emigrated to US from Latam, but was born in Spain), it's debatable whether I would be Latinx. It depends on the term "origins", which Google doesn't define.
They also don't specify how many "drops" of Latinx to be Latinx. I have 50% Hispanic drops with a Latinx twist on the rim. Probably have to give up my dream of becoming a helpful statistic at Google.
The other super interesting footnote in Google's diversity report is footnote #6. The footnote is appended to the following declaration in the text: "Everyone is biased--science shows that is how the brain works."
Google's footnote to the claim that "Everyone is biased" leads to a Guardian article (!) whose headline says something a bit different: there's a study that "suggests" the brain is predisposed to negative stereotypes.
Should be noted that issue of unconscious bias is the fulcrum of diversity training and debate at Google. It was featured in the famous "ideological echo chamber" manifesto from fired engineer James Damore.
Here's the actual paper the Guardian article links to. It's an fMRI study. Not my favorite kind of study.
Everyday experience affirms statement "everyone is biased," but Google lays claim to absolute scientific authority ('science shows') by way of a Guardian article pointing to an fMRI study. Would be interested in opinions of neuroscientists on what this paper really shows. /end
