You say this, and I hate to point out the obvious, but look there has to be a cut off point for Affirmative Action somewhere... and it turns out to win an Oscar you have to be the best. Just like companies want the best coders. The best isn't a quota.
If you want a quota for black / female / 8-finger coders... have a quota, but the market has yet to make a business case for this being beneficial. (The case could be made in preventing PR gaffes like how Facebook banned all the people with "ethnic" names a few years ago by mistake... but I think these instances are somewhat few and far between.)
I'd guess this has more to do with:
1) black people not having the same access to computers / technology early on (much of what we learn as technologists comes far before college starts),
2) black students often get into college through Affirmative Action, so they may not have been as strong to start with, and
3) black students don't tend to graduate with the same rates / grades others do -- which makes it harder to get interviews / offers.
I don't know what the solution is here, but when you find it we can also use it to get equal white guys in the NBA.
If you want a quota for black / female / 8-finger coders... have a quota, but the market has yet to make a business case for this being beneficial. (The case could be made in preventing PR gaffes like how Facebook banned all the people with "ethnic" names a few years ago by mistake... but I think these instances are somewhat few and far between.)
I'd guess this has more to do with:
1) black people not having the same access to computers / technology early on (much of what we learn as technologists comes far before college starts),
2) black students often get into college through Affirmative Action, so they may not have been as strong to start with, and
3) black students don't tend to graduate with the same rates / grades others do -- which makes it harder to get interviews / offers.
I don't know what the solution is here, but when you find it we can also use it to get equal white guys in the NBA.