Tech companies may have grown more vocal in their intention to prioritize diversity and inclusion efforts, but their strategies haven’t done anything to significantly move the needle — and it’s because they haven’t gotten to the root of the problem.
Only 8% of workers and just 3% of executives in the U.S. tech industry are Black, according to a recent study by the Computing Technology Industry Association. This lack of representation within organizations has created persistent barriers and obstacles for incoming Black talent at every level of the employment process.
