Google reports increased Black and Latinx representation in the US
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#5ZECR)
Illustration by Alex Castro / Th Google has released its annual diversity report, and the company says it made some positive progress over the past year. The company saw its largest increases in representation of Black and Latinx Googlers in the US ever" at 20 percent and 8 percent respectively year over year, according to chief diversity officer Melonie Parker. Google also reported improved leadership representation of Black, Latinx and Native American employees by 27 percent, Parker says.
But some data shows there is still more work to be done. The company's US workforce is 33.5 percent women and 66.5 percent men, numbers that are only slightly different than the 32.2 percent women and 67.8 percent men reported in 2021. And in its 2022 report, Google said 48.3...