{"id":157129,"date":"2021-01-18T17:01:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T14:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/we-are-learning-more-about-diversity-at-tech-companies-but-it-isnt-good-news\/"},"modified":"2021-01-18T17:01:00","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T14:01:00","slug":"we-are-learning-more-about-diversity-at-tech-companies-but-it-isnt-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-are-learning-more-about-diversity-at-tech-companies-but-it-isnt-good-news\/","title":{"rendered":"#: We are learning more about diversity at tech companies, but it isn\u2019t good news"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f916875472\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f916875472\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-are-learning-more-about-diversity-at-tech-companies-but-it-isnt-good-news\/#Tech_companies_are_struggling_to_increase_percentage_of_underrepresented_races_while_entangled_in_high-profile_controversies_related_to_how_minority_employees_are_treated\" >Tech companies are struggling to increase percentage of underrepresented races while entangled in high-profile controversies related to how minority employees are treated<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-are-learning-more-about-diversity-at-tech-companies-but-it-isnt-good-news\/#Tech_companies_ranked_by_DEI_disclosures\" >Tech companies ranked by DEI disclosures<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-are-learning-more-about-diversity-at-tech-companies-but-it-isnt-good-news\/#As_You_Sow_ranked_companies_based_on_the_diversity_equity_and_inclusion_information_they_share_and_more_These_tech_companies_were_among_the_Top_10\" >As You Sow ranked companies based on the diversity, equity and inclusion information they share and more. These tech companies were among the Top 10.<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-6' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-are-learning-more-about-diversity-at-tech-companies-but-it-isnt-good-news\/#Is_disclosure_making_a_difference\" >Is disclosure making a difference?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-6'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-are-learning-more-about-diversity-at-tech-companies-but-it-isnt-good-news\/#Twitter_vs_Facebook\" >Twitter vs. Facebook<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/we-are-learning-more-about-diversity-at-tech-companies-but-it-isnt-good-news\/#Levi_Sumagaysay\" >Levi Sumagaysay<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#: We are learning more about diversity at tech companies, but it isn\u2019t good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__subhead\" itemprop=\"alternativeHeadline\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tech_companies_are_struggling_to_increase_percentage_of_underrepresented_races_while_entangled_in_high-profile_controversies_related_to_how_minority_employees_are_treated\"><\/span>\n  Tech companies are struggling to increase percentage of underrepresented races while entangled in high-profile controversies related to how minority employees are treated<br \/>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"column column--full article__content\">\n<div id=\"js-article__body\" class=\"article__body article-wrap at16-col16 barrons-article-wrap\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0000115087\">\n<div class=\"barrons-article-ad-wrapper\">\n<div data-track=\"barrons-article-ad-wrap\" class=\"barrons-article-ad sticky_item\">\n<div class=\"barrons-main-article-ad-target sticky_target body_ad\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       As they face continued calls to diversify their workforces, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> companies are increasingly disclosing demographics and pay information, but for the most part those numbers have shown little progress \u2014 and high-profile controversies continue. <\/p>\n<p> Facing pressure for the past decade, tech companies have exhibited more willingness than other corporate sectors to reveal diversity statistics. As You Sow, a Berkeley, Calif.-based shareholder advocacy group, recently ranked companies based on the amount of diversity, pay and other information they release, the effectiveness of their recruitment and retention efforts and the goals they have set. <\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n       Tech companies comprised seven of the top 10 scores, with Intel Corp.<br \/>\n        INTC,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203649727\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-2.82%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       and Google at Nos. 1 and 2, respectively.\u00a0Their scores were 68% and 63% respectively, reflecting the fact that tech is doing better than other sectors in disclosing diversity information but still not scoring high marks.  <\/p>\n<p>While Google received a high score from As You Sow and often touts its efforts to diversify its workforce, its overall Black employee representation has inched up from 2% in 2014 to just 3.7% in 2020. Gains in Latinx\/Hispanic representation were better, going from 3% to 5.9% over the same six-year period. U.S. Census Bureau numbers show overall U.S. Black and Latinx\/Hispanic populations at 13.4% and 18.5%, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen a lot of reasonable pressure on tech companies around [diversity, equity and inclusion] lately,\u201d said Meredith Benton, a consultant with As You Sow and principal at Whistle Stop Capital. \u201cFor historical and recent reasons.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Those recent reasons include high-profile racial controversies at some well-known tech companies, including Alphabet Inc.\u2019s<br \/>\n        GOOGL,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/202490156\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-0.19%<\/bg-quote><\/p>\n<p>        GOOG,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205453964\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-0.23%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       Google. Less than a month after As You Sow\u2019s rankings were released, Google came under fire for forcing out Timnit Gebru, a Black woman who was the co-lead of the company\u2019s ethical artificial intelligence team. Her departure inspired another Black former Google employee, April Curley, to speak out about her firing in the fall. And a few hundred Google workers announced earlier this month that they have formed a union, driven in part by inclusivity issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>See: <\/strong>\u2018There\u2019s a diversity grift right now\u2019: Employees at center of racial controversies at tech companies speak out<\/p>\n<p>There are examples of employee departures under similar circumstances at other tech companies, even as those companies dutifully report their workforce demographics. Their allegations of discrimination and retaliation belie the companies\u2019 diversity efforts and call into question the policies and priorities of those in charge of the technology that affects us all.<\/p>\n<p>These controversies highlight that simply tracking numbers isn\u2019t enough, and that \u201cthere are not enough Black and brown people at the highest levels\u201d at the tech companies, said Ellen Pao, who sued storied Silicon Valley venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins in 2012 for gender discrimination, during a recent panel discussion. Pao is now chief executive of Project Include, whose goal is to push companies toward \u201ctrue diversity.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Benton and others say tracking the numbers matters and is just one part of the bigger picture.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cA company\u2019s DEI programs are material,\u201d she said. \u201cThere\u2019s a ton of research that links long-term DEI with success of companies.\u201d <\/p>\n<div id=\"cx-membership-tile\"><\/div>\n<p>That\u2019s why the push for diversity is wide-ranging. The influential Silicon Valley Leadership Group this week announced an initiative urging its member companies, which number in the hundreds and include Big Tech, to fill 25% of their executive positions with those from underrepresented groups by 2025. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe numbers and data dispel the notion that diversity is not connected to a business case,\u201d SVLG Chief Executive Ahmad Thomas told MarketWatch.  He said that as a Black person, he believes it\u2019s \u201cthe right thing to do,\u201d but that ultimately \u201cbusiness competitiveness drives this\u201d new effort.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, investor groups are pressuring companies in different sectors through lawsuits and shareholder proposals. Nasdaq Inc.<br \/>\n        NDAQ,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205547889\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-1.47%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       has proposed diversity requirements for boards of companies that list on its exchange. And this year, Goldman Sachs Group Inc.<br \/>\n        GS,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/209237603\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-2.23%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       will now only underwrite initial public offerings of companies with boards with at least two \u201cdiverse\u201d board members.<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tech_companies_ranked_by_DEI_disclosures\"><\/span>Tech companies ranked by DEI disclosures<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"As_You_Sow_ranked_companies_based_on_the_diversity_equity_and_inclusion_information_they_share_and_more_These_tech_companies_were_among_the_Top_10\"><\/span>As You Sow ranked companies based on the diversity, equity and inclusion information they share and more. These tech companies were among the Top 10.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"data odd\">\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      <strong>Company<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      <strong>Score<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      <strong>Market cap<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      <strong>No. of employees<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"data even\">\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      Intel<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      68%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      $133B to $2T<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      101,000-300,000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"data odd\">\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      Google<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      63%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      $133B to $2T<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      101,000-300,000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"data even\">\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      Autodesk<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      48%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      $38.6B to $62.9B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      0-10,400<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"data odd\">\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      48%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      $28.6B to $38.5B<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      0-10,400<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"data even\">\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      45%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      $133B to $2T<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      101,000-300,000<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"data odd\">\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      Nvidia<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      45%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      $133B to $2T<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      10,500-23,900<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"data even\">\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      Salesforce<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      43%<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      $133B to $2T<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"\" valign=\"top\" colspan=\"1\">\n      24,000-49,900<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Source: As You Sow, published November 2020<\/p>\n<p>Accounting for 20% of a company\u2019s score in As You Sow\u2019s rankings was whether a company released its EEO-1 report, a federal filing that breaks down workforce and leadership demographics that include pay data.  The group recently started tracking the companies that release their EEO-1s, which companies must file with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission but aren\u2019t required to share publicly.<\/p>\n<p>When it started in August, As You Sow identified 22 members of the 100 largest S&amp;P 500 members that were releasing their EEO-1 forms. In November, when the group made its database public, 42 companies were releasing, or had committed to release, their EEO-1s.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s a massive shift in a short time, reflecting societal shifting expectations and an increased depth of understanding on the materiality of these issues by investors,\u201d Benton said. <\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Is_disclosure_making_a_difference\"><\/span>Is disclosure making a difference?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Tech companies began regularly disclosing diversity numbers after pressure from the news media and advocacy organizations such as Jesse Jackson\u2019s Rainbow PUSH coalition. Google was among the companies that <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2010\/02\/11\/five-silicon-valley-companies-fought-release-of-employment-data-and-won\/\" class=\"icon none\">fought a 2008 Mercury News lawsuit<\/a> over releasing its numbers, but finally did so starting in 2014. Other tech companies followed suit, but the industry\u2019s progress in hiring and retaining Black and brown employees has been mostly incremental, data show.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mercurynews.com\/2010\/02\/11\/blacks-latinos-and-women-lose-ground-at-silicon-valley-tech-companies\/\" class=\"icon none\">Mercury News found<\/a> that in 2008, \u201ccomputer workers living in Silicon Valley who are black or Latino was 1.5 percent and 4.7 percent, respectively.\u201d Today, at 15 well-known tech companies, the average overall Black representation is 5% and Latinx\/Hispanic representation is 7.3%, according to MarketWatch tabulations. For tech roles, those averages are 3.3% and 5%, respectively. <\/p>\n<p>Some companies are doing better than others both in terms of numbers and public perception.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 company on As You Sow\u2019s list, Intel, achieved its goal for full representation of women and minorities in 2018, two years ahead of the five-year goal it set in 2015. The company says that means the percentages of women and minorities in its workforce reflect the available percentages of those groups in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>This month, the chip giant announced that it is working with other companies on developing a global inclusion index and on setting common goals. Its own goals include doubling the number of women and underrepresented minorities in senior leadership roles by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Another possible catalyst for change is more minorities starting their own companies. Among Intel\u2019s efforts is investing in tech startups led by women and underrepresented minorities. Since 2015, the company says Intel Capital has invested more than $400 million in such companies.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Lambert, a black venture capitalist who is chief technology and innovation officer at National Grid and founder and president of National Grid Partners, founded and was managing director of the Intel Capital Diversity Fund.<\/p>\n<p>When Intel announced the fund, Lambert said it was common for VCs to say they \u201cdidn\u2019t invest in women and people of color because they\u2019re not out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs soon as we announced it, two months later, we had over 600 business plans from women and minorities,\u201d she said in an interview with MarketWatch. \u201cTo say there\u2019s a pipeline issue is the biggest fallacy. There\u2019s an access-to-capital issue.\u201d<\/p>\n<h6><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Twitter_vs_Facebook\"><\/span>Twitter vs. Facebook<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Twitter Inc.<br \/>\n        TWTR,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/203180645\/composite\" class=\"negative\">-1.33%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       \u2014 which is among the seven tech companies on As You Sow\u2019s Top 10 list \u2014 has made consistent gains in Black and Latinx\/Hispanic employees, as well as women, in its workforce. At the end of 2017, each group made up 3.4% of the company\u2019s U.S. employees. Today, its workforce is 6.5% Black and 5.4% Latinx. Over the same period, the global percentage of women in its ranks rose from 38.4% to 42.6%.<\/p>\n<p>At Facebook Inc.<br \/>\n        FB,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205064656\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+2.33%<\/bg-quote><span>,<\/span><br \/>\n       the much larger social media company, 3.9% of the workforce is Black and 6.3% is Latinx. The gender breakdown: 63% men and 37% women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHopefully, the numbers speak for themselves,\u201d Dalana Brand, a vice president and head of inclusion and diversity at Twitter, said in an interview with MarketWatch. She said the company combines recruiting efforts to attract diverse talent with \u201cprograms that ensure a culture where people can be their authentic selves and belong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe take belonging very seriously at Twitter,\u201d Brand added. \u201cIt really drives all the actions we take.\u201d Because of the social justice issues that arose this year, she said the company \u201cdid a lot to really focus\u201d on what Black employees were going through. One example: Twitter and the Blackbirds business resource group rolled out a program that helps employees who want to find Black therapists.<\/p>\n<p>In an unusual move, Twitter announced last year that it would pay its business resource group leaders for the work they do. At most other tech companies, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/technology\/2020\/06\/26\/black-ergs-tech\/\" class=\"icon none\">that work goes unpaid<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe work they do helps to drive retention,\u201d Brand said. \u201cNone of the work they do is a side hustle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Luckie is a former Twitter employee who has also worked at Facebook and has written a novel called \u201cValley Girls\u201d based on his experiences. When he left Facebook in 2018, he published a post criticizing the way the company treated both its Black employees and its Black users, saying it was \u201cfailing\u201d them both.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Luckie said Twitter listens to its employees, and that it shows.<strong> <\/strong>After years of being asked to remove President Donald Trump, Twitter banned him from the platform two days after his role in the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol \u2014 and after hundreds of Twitter employees <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/context\/letter-to-jack-dorsey-from-twitter-employees-asking-to-permanently-suspend-donald-trump-s-account\/d9b84fa1-c7cb-4c5b-a90a-fdf167ff0c7a\/\" class=\"icon none\">wrote<\/a> CEO Jack Dorsey urging to finally take permanent action. Luckie acknowledged that activists have targeted Twitter for a long time over its failure to ban white supremacists and others, but said it had lately been leading the way among social media companies in moderation and other issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can see the power of Black Twitter play out in features like Trending Topics,\u201d Luckie said in an interview with MarketWatch. \u201cYou can see what\u2019s happening in your community.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He added that Twitter was the first to institute blocking features in response to the harassment of women and Black people on the platform, and that other companies usually followed Twitter when it comes to flagging and removing questionable content.<\/p>\n<p>Steven Renderos, executive director for MediaJustice, a nationwide organization based in Oakland, Calif., that advocates for justice in media and technology, agrees \u2014 to a point. Twitter did start labeling misinformation by Trump first, he acknowledged in an interview before the siege at the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen\u00a0it comes to tech companies listening to the concerns of people of color, the bar is so low that it\u2019s not hard to stand out,\u201d Renderos told MarketWatch. \u201cTwitter has a slightly more diverse [executive team] than Facebook\u201d and he said he could see how Black Twitter employees might feel more heard. <\/p>\n<p>He added that, from his point of view as an \u201cadvocate for people of color demanding change from the outside, there\u2019s only a marginal\u00a0difference in their response to our concerns.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, MediaJustice and other advocacy groups have <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/twitter-partners-alerts-highlight-divide-over-surveillance-11601417319\" class=\"icon none\">been pressing Twitter<\/a> over the access it provides a partner company that shares data about protesters with police. And in the wake of the insurgency at the Capitol, Renderos pointed out during a news conference last week by disinformation experts and advocacy groups that \u201crace was at the core of Trump\u2019s claims of election fraud. He challenged results in cities made up of people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The importance of a diverse workforce comes into play here, as employees are increasingly becoming uncomfortable with the race-related disinformation that their work has enabled. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s something going on within tech. People who are building these products are essentially feeling as powerless as we are\u201d and are leaking emails and conversations to the news media, said Joan Donovan, research director of the Technology and Social Change Project at the Shorenstein Center at Harvard, at the news conference.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"byline article__byline\">\n<p>      <span>By<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author  hasMenu\" data-scrim='{\"type\":\"author\",\"header\":\"Levi Sumagaysay\",\"subhead\":\"The Wall Street Journal\",\"list\":[]}' itemscope itemprop=\"author\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<h4 itemprop=\"name\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Levi_Sumagaysay\"><\/span>Levi Sumagaysay<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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