It could be employers still nailing down their budget?
I know that there are (in Salt Lake City) fewer companies hiring at the beginning and end of the year than during other times.
This sounds like a cool idea, but I've seen where hiring for personality often leads towards hiring discrimination. I think it's more likely to reinforce the lack of diversity in tech than to combat it as people unlike the interviewer tend to be viewed less favorably and would be less likely to be viewed as a person who could pick up the specific knowledge he/she doesn't already know.
In places where marijuana is illegal, it's tough to cook your own oil because your neighbors will smell it. There's no access to vaporizer liquid, and the vaporizers that do not need it and actually work are pretty expensive.
The second paragraph you quoted doesn't judge the games for their characters. It's just showing a quick example of characters that have a pre-set race/gender and pointing out the lack of outrage from women and racial minorities over having to play that.
What's the side of Gamergate where women didn't get harassed just for sharing their ideas?
This article isn't calling out any games for forcing the player to play a white male. The article is pointing out the outrage over one game that forces players to (sometimes) play non-white and/or female characters.
I think that the top two in the unfair practice list are pretty obviously re-enforcing systemic discrimination. It's much less likely that minorities make it into those top schools. Top schools link into top jobs...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/minorities-a...
Rewarding referrals with bonuses/stock, and referrals in general, could hinder diversity of the current employees know a non-diverse group of people.
The last two items seem tricky because you do need to know the candidate can do the job. The problems here could arise if the tests are biased (it is common for this to happen unintentionally), if the person giving the test is biased, or if the testee is experiencing stereotype threat.