What Diversity? Report Shows Twitter Is Exclusively Run By White Males

So much for diversity…

Twitter Employees Are Only 30% Female, 2% African American

Looks like Google isn’t the only tech giant with a major diversity issue. As it turns out, there’s really no such thing as #BlackTwitter. Via YahooNews:

Twitter disclosed the diversity numbers for its global and U.S. employees Wednesday, following in the footsteps of Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and LinkedIn.

Like these companies, Twitter is comprised of a workforce that’s primarily white and male, especially when it comes to tech-related positions.

At Twitter, 70% of employees are male and 30% are female. When you look at the numbers for tech-related jobs, that ratio switches from 90% male employees to 10% female workers. The statistics are split straight down the middle in terms of gender for non tech jobs, and male employees account for 79% of leadership positions within the company.

The majority of Twitter’s employees are white as well. At Twitter, 59% of U.S. employees are white, while 29% are Asian, 2% or African American or Black, and 3% are Hispanic. And 72% of leadership roles are occupied by white employees.

While these numbers are troubling, Twitter isn’t the only company with a diversity problem. Facebook, Yahoo, LinkedIn, and Google all reported similar statistics earlier this year.

Similar to these companies, Twitter admits that it has a lot of work to do in the diversity department. As part of its initiative to improve diversity in Silicon Valley, Twitter says that it supports Girls Who Code, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping women get into computer engineering. The social media giant also mentions that it regularly hosts Girl Geek Dinners in San Francisco and Boston.

Wow, these numbers are nearly identical to Google’s demographics. Are these tech giants just filling an extremely low preset quota of non-white faces?