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I want to know also.

My guess is Black or Latino of every gender/sexuality.

I don't think so because in their 2019 diversity report they have breakdowns of Asian+, Black+, Latinx+, Native American+ and White+ in an "Intersectional workforce" chart. I think that has to do with gender and sexuality, so those shouldn't be +

Their hires and workforce representation are ~40% Asian+ but I don't think that qualifies as diversity.

https://kstatic.googleusercontent.com/files/93d9a4094693cb78...

It also has the effect of pushing as many people into the +buckets as possible, making it so all marginal cases are included.

This could be a modern incarnation of the 'one drop' rule, thinking that if you're part minority, that is still the most important part of your makeup. Or, more likely, it's to inflate numbers as much as possible for PR.

If I had to guess, I would say Black+ means anyone who has Black heritage, even if mixed. But it could be a sexual orientation thing too.

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