We know diversity in tech is a problem, but what’s the solution?
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Women and minorities are fighting for a place in fast-growth science and engineering-driven industries, and the struggle is stoking a heated dialogue, especially at its epicenters in Silicon Valley and the emerging New York City tech hub.
VentureBeat recently debunked the myths about women at the helm of technology companies and conducted a roundtable about the issue.
A new generation of chief executives of giant technology companies illustrates the point amply: Virginia Rometty at IBM, Meg Whitman at HP, Carol Bartz at Yahoo, Heather Bresch at Mylan and Ursula Burns at Xerox. Their successes alone should inspire the rising generation to believe the glass ceiling has been broken.
Yet at the same time, research from the Level Playing Field Institute suggests the persistence of hostile work environments in high tech companies for women and people of color.
Two weeks ago, allegations arose about the suppression of damaging corporate diversity stats by Apple, Google, Amazon and Facebook. And this past Sunday night a CNN Special Report focused on the efforts ofyoung black entrepreneurs to crack the venture code and the alleged color barriers of Silicon Valley, revealing some very deep chasms in perception, if not reality.
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Source:
Venture Beat
URL:
http://venturebeat.com/2011/11/22/tech-diversity-solution/
Date:
November 23, 2011
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