[n1231231231234]

but isn't this inline with the original article?

> Blacks made up 7 percent of U.S. high-tech workforce, and just 3 percent of the total Silicon Valley workforce.

4% of the degrees are granted to members of the AA community, 3% of the jobs in SV are given to them.

i guess SV companies recruit from the top graduates. it would be interesting to know the percentage of AA of say the top 10% graduates in the STEM fields.

as others have pointed out, this doesn't mean that things are OK. it just shifts the focus from the hiring companies to the education system

[projectramo]

Yes, so your line of questioning is the one I would follow.

I agree the next question is what is the percentage of AA grads from top schools where they recruit before one makes a call on the prevalence of the pipeline problem.

[asdsa5325]

Geographic distribution is important. Many don't live, and don't want to live, in SV. I'm not quite sure why you are using SV as the gold standard, since there are many that want nothing to do with SV.