HP's First Black Professional In Computers Explains Why Tech Lacks Racial Diversity

When you look at diversity in Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies, one thing becomes very clear: they're largely white and male. Especially, when it comes to African-American workers, the employment numbers are quite dismal: Apple and eBay are 7% black, while Yahoo, Google, Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter are all roughly 2% black. There may be a lot of reasons for this, but Ken Coleman, special advisor of Andreessen Horowitz, gave four possible reasons for it in a recent interview with Fast C...