How tech companies can turn 'commitments' to diversity into action

Big tech companies swear their "commitment to diversity" knows no bounds. 

In reality, many of them employ disproportionately few people of color. Only 5.5 percent of Google and less than 4 percent of Facebook is Black, according to their 2020 diversity reports — compared to 13.5 percent of the U.S. population overall.

The numbers are even worse for high-paying technical roles. Only 9 percent of Apple’s employees were Black in 2018, the last year it released a diversity report. For technical roles, that drops to 6 percent, the same as in 2014. 

For the Black employees who are hired, Silicon Valley can be a difficult place to thrive. Accusations of 'whitewashed' editorial practices at Snap. Claims of barriers to advancement at Facebook. The truth is that most of them have a long way to go. Read more...

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