"During the review process once the footage [of Techcrunch Disrupt] was woven in, another editor criticized the crowd shots for not featuring any women and blamed Berg for the oversight.
'...Those were real shots of the real place, and we didn't frame women out.The world we're depicting is f---ed up.' said Berg"
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.businessinsider.com/hbos-si...
Sorry for the amp link, the main page was broken.
There's been debate about whether "Silicon Valley" the show should have more diversity than Silicon Valley the place, but Berg argues that a show made for entertainment not meant to be a "social-action wing" or be a force of change - the show is just satirizing the reality that the tech industry itself needs to take care of.
At least in my Silicon Valley career, the "cast" around me has been vastly less so.
Yahoo Tech workers 31% white https://yahoo.tumblr.com/post/152561899994/yahoos-2016-diver...
Ebay Tech workers 29% white https://static.ebayinc.com/assets/Uploads/Documents/eBay2017...
My experience is that white male Americans are roughly 25% of the Silicon Valley workforce, but if you bundle in white immigrants and women you might reach 40-50%.
As I remember the TV show, the main characters are 80% white, and the Indian guy is the whitest one I've seen.
Small sample, I know, and I'm not offended. Just a little bored...
What do you mean by that? Can you explain?
Maybe he means culturally
Not at all surprising considering it’s Hollywood, but amusing nonetheless.
https://www.businessinsider.com/hbos-silicon-valley-had-dive...