Diversity in the Technology Workforce
Twitter, Google and others release diversity reports.
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A Call for More Diversity - Twitter released its diversity numbers Wednesday, after pressure from Rev. Jesse Jackson for technology companies to reveal the demographics of their workforce. The industry continues to grow at a rapid pace, but African-Americans and Latinos are being left out of the mix. One in 14 tech workers are Black or Latino. Take a look at which companies released their numbers and what some are doing to level the playing field. — Natelege Whaley (@Natelege_) (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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Apple - Apple's recent diversity report shows that its employee demographics are 70 percent male globally and, as for race, 55 percent of its U.S employees are white. Though only 18 percent of its workers are Black or Latino, Apple still has more Black employees and Latino persons than many other tech companies including Google and Twitter, according to Mashable. (Photo: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
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Twitter - Twitter knows the company has a lot of work to do in the diversity realm. Overall, the company is 1 percent Black or African-American, 59 percent white and 29 percent Asian. The company lists internal employee-led groups such as Blackbird (for Black employees) and TwitterOpen (LGBTQ tweeps) as groups that create safe spaces at Twitter for all. It has also partnered with Girls Who Code, Year Up, Grace Hopper and Black Girls Code to further accomplish the mission of a diverse workforce. (Photo: Twitter)
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Facebook - Facebook's workforce stats don't reflect that of its users. Fifty-seven percent of the social networking site's employees are white, while just 4 percent are Latino and 2 percent are African-American. "We build products to connect the world, and this means we need a team that understands and reflects many different communities, backgrounds and cultures," Maxine Williams, Facebook's global head of diversity, said in a blog post. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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Salesforce - Salesforce.com, a global cloud-funding platform based in San Francisco, released the demographics of its workforce in June 2014. "As an open and transparent company, we share our gender and ethnicity statistics," writes the company site. The company reports 67 percent of their U.S. employees are white and 2 percent are Black. (Photo: Salesforce)
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