To Google's credit they are developing various pipelines to recruit underrepresented communities.
To Google's credit they are developing various pipelines to recruit underrepresented communities.
https://www.ibtimes.com/racism-us-job-market-blacks-hispanic...
According to that study, black people make up 2-3% of the white collar workforce. This indicates that Google's diversity initiatives are broadly working, but Google alone cannot overcome the societal issues that keep various people out of these well paying career paths.
Hispanics represent about 5% of the white collar workforce, so again, the 3.5% indicates that Google is not exactly where one would expect, but still not as off as a naive analysis would seem.
The narrative that Google is not hiring people of certain skin colors because of racism on their part falls apart the moment you look at numbers over which Google has little control.
They show hiring and attrition numbers, but they don't break down every category by tech/non-tech.
I'll highlight these:
2018 (Tech): 2.5% (1.4%) black
2014 (Tech): 1.9% (1.1%) black
I guess there is some improvement here. For reference, California is ~6% black and the USA is ~12%. If you grew up in a black neighborhood or went to an HBCU, you are probably accustomed to much higher percentages than the average and being diffused into a huge organization might be jarring.
Other than on admin support roles (and maybe even there), African-Americans are underrepresented in all of those fields. Less so than in tech, but still.
They are underrepresented in business, HR, and legal. AAs are underrepresented in any position that normally requires a degree.