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May 20, 2016 03:12 am GMT

Tech is dominated by even more white dudes than the rest of the private sector

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White dudes are disproportionately represented all across the United States work force, and there is even less diversity among jobs that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission labels "high tech."

In a report released by the EEOC following a Wednesday hearing on tech sector diversity, the commission outlined 2014 stats that show people employed in "high tech sector" jobs are whiter and more male than the average private industry job. 

In the tech sector, which the report defines as "industries that employ a high concentration of employees in science, technology, engineering and mathematics," 68.5% of employees are white, compared with 63.5% across the private sector.  Read more...

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