Diversity in technology: Industry pros share their stories - Los Angeles Times

A survey of 67 workers highlighted the issues faced by people of color, women and LGBTQ people in the tech industry.

By Johana Bhuiyan , Sam Dean and Suhauna Hussain June 24, 2020 5 AM PT Share via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! Print 1 p]:text-cms-story-body-color-text"> A Black career IT professional put himself forward for a promotion but was instead asked to help recruit another candidate, who was white. A Black Google engineer was confronted by a white co-worker demanding to see his ID badge. A Latino project manager pointed out his quickly growing start-up was almost all white, and the chief executive responded by telling him to invit

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