Tech workforce lacks diversity.
Minorities are a small fraction of high-technology workforces,
especially at the senior level in Silicon Valley, California, shows a
recent study from the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
Tech Workforce
ENTRY-LEVEL MID-LEVEL HIGH-LEVEL
MINORITY 8.3% 6.5% 5.6%
NON MINORITY 91.7% 93.5% 94.4%
African American Men 0.4% 1.0% 1.8%
African American Women 4.6% 2.7% 1.6%
SOURCE: OBSTACLES AND SOLUTIONS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES
IN TECHNOLOGY, ANITA BORG INSTITUTE FOR WOMEN AND TECHNOLOGY, 2009.
Note: Table made from pie graph.
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