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Re:Slack got four of its black female engineers to accept a ... by wavefunction on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @04:32PM (#11076204)
responding to cgy1>

Asians make up 5.5% of the population of the US, this includes all Asians. I don't have figures for their representation in the tech industry at large but some quick googling shows they make up some 39% of Silicon Valley workers.

African Americans make up 13% and Latinos 17%, which means for every one Asian worker in tech, we should expect around two to three African American and Latino workers.

I don't think there should be quotas but the tech industry demographics do not come anywhere close to tracking with our country's demographics.

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Re:Slack got four of its black female engineers to accept a ... by colmvp on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @04:49PM (#11076340)
> I don't think there should be quotas but the tech industry demographics do not come anywhere close to tracking with our country's demographics.

Every industry ranging from Construction to Accountants has gender/ethnicity disparity.

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