lack of diversity in tech
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Sherrell Dorsey Is on a Mission to Make Space for Black People In Tech
I was kind of always the only woman or the only person of color in the room and I thought this doesn’t make any sense. Why are we not seeing greater representation that matches the diversity that we have? —Sherrell Dorsey text Sherrell Dorsey is a data and technology journalist who is putting more black…
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Facebook Offers a Million-Dollar Solution to Fix Its ‘Black People Problem’
Last week, former Facebook manager Mark Luckie dropped a 2,500 word sermon excoriating his previous employer for its “black people problem.” Initially released internally as a “fuck you” of sorts prior to his departure, Luckie identified a myriad of ways in which Facebook has condoned, fostered and demonstrated discriminatory practices and behavior within the workplace.…
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Google Has a Hard Time Keeping Black Employees
Google has released a report admitting that it is struggling to keep its black employees. “Attrition rates in 2017 were highest for Black Googlers followed by Latinx Googlers, and lowest for Asian Googlers,” the report says (pdf). “Black Googler attrition rates, while improving in recent years, have offset some of our hiring gains, which has…
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National Urban League’s 2018 ‘State of Black America’: Tech Companies Don’t Care About Employing Black People
After listing wage inequality, housing discrimination and the education gap, feel free to add “digital inequality” to the long checklist of disparities in America. The National Urban League’s 2018 “State of Black America” report reveals that there is still some work to be done in the country’s technological sector. This year’s report uses its patented…
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Watch: Zuck Reveals How White Facebook Is
Last week, Mark Zuckerberg appeared before Congress to testify about Facebook’s privacy policies. During the 10-hour testimony, Zuckerberg was also grilled on Facebook’s lack of diversity. That confrontation was a reminder of an ongoing racial and gender divide across major tech industries. Check out the video above to see what’s going on.