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On Monday, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stopped by North Carolina A&T State University, a historically black school, as part of his 50-state tour. Zuckerberg responded to students questions on technology, politics, and every Silicon Valley companys most glaring liability: diversity.
For college students, getting a whiff of Zuckerbergs entrepreneurial spirit must be inspiring; hes a 32-year-old billionaire who sprung to success during those same formative years. Yet the image of Zuckerberg in his plain grey t-shirt centered in a room full of Black students is more risible than riveting.
At Apple, 7 percent of its tech workers are Black. Thats an abysmally low number, yet compared to Microsofts 2.4 percent, it seems progressive. But Facebooks staff diversity pales in comparison (pun intended) to its tech peers.
At Facebook, white employees comprise 51 percent of Facebooks tech workers, while 43 percent are Asian, and about 1 percent are Black.
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kimbutgar
(21,157 posts)No black or Hispanic.
nolabels
(13,133 posts)In typical myopic fashion of people with too much money and leverage
His response: Frankly, I think that thats our problem to figure out.
No matter how sincere the blindfolded man will always have a hard time pinning a tail on Donkey