Despite yearslong efforts by companies to diversify their tech workforces, black people account for less than 8% of core IT workers in the U.S.
By Jared Council Close Jared Council June 6, 2020 9:00 am ET Protests around the country in the wake of the killing of George Floyd while in police custody are reigniting discussion of black representation in the technology sector.
Newsletter Sign-up CIO Journal The Morning Download delivers daily insights and news on business technology from the CIO Journal team. Tony West, senior vice president and chief legal officer at Uber Technologies Inc., said the tech industry “has to get this right.” That is because technology plays such a powerful role in society and has the potential to address issues including police accountability.
Sherri Smith, editor in chief of Laptop Mag, says her career covering the technology sector was buoyed by mentorships from other African-American journalists: “The jobs I got were because people reached out to me,” she said, “and I want to pay it forward for people who look like me.”
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