Uber’s lament: “No Black or Hispanic employee holds leadership positions in tech”

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For the first time, Uber released diversity figures for its employees-which does not include its thousands of drivers, whom the company considers to be contract workers.

Like many other Silicon Valley companies, Uber's labor force-in particular its tech staff-is overwhelmingly male and largely white.

According to a series of figures posted Tuesday, the company even called out the fact that its leadership "is more homogenous" no Black or Hispanic employee holds leadership positions in tech."

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