Jesse Jackson presses Facebook on lack of diversity

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Jesse Jackson isn’t keeping quiet about the lack of diversity in the tech industry’s ranks. He is pressing Facebook, eBay, Google and Hewlett-Packard to include more minorities on their boards and within their executive ranks.

“At its best, technology can be a tremendously positive change agent for the world,” Jackson said. “At its worst, it can hold on to old patterns that exclude people of color and women from opportunity and advancement. Silicon Valley and the tech industry must transform itself to mirror the America it depends upon for talent and customers.” Staff diversity among tech companies has come under increasing scrutiny, with many critics decrying a “bro culture” that often tends to be white and male. Jackson and his Rainbow PUSH Coalition are trying to focus some of that attention on the lack of diversity in the tech world’s board rooms and C-suites.


Jesse Jackson presses Facebook on lack of diversity