Succumbing to growing public pressure, Twitter released the gender and ethnic breakdown of its work force Wednesday, showing that it looks like most other major technology companies: overwhelming male, white and Asian.<\/p>\n
In the U.S., nearly 90% of Twitter’s workers are white or Asian. And more than 90% of technology jobs in the U.S. are held by whites or Asians.<\/p>\n
Men make up 70% of all staff but 90% of technology staff, according to figures released by the company’s vice president for diversity and inclusion, Janet Van Huysse.<\/p>\n
Twitter pledged to take steps to diversify its staff.<\/p>\n
“We want to be more than a good business; we want to be a business that we are proud of,” Huysse said.<\/p>\n
Diversity has become a hotly debated issue as some of Silicon Valley’s most powerful companies have begun revealing the makeup of their work forces.<\/p>\n
These companies say they are intent on diversifying their ranks to stay in touch and in tune with their customers around the world.<\/p>\n
Over the past two months, Yahoo, Google, Facebook and LinkedIn have reported that their staffs are between 62% and 70% male. Whites and Asians make up between 88% and 91%.<\/p>\n
Britain’s Prince Harry meanwhile has spoken of his hatred for Twitter due to its role in the “invasion of his privacy”, according to media report.<\/p>\n
Harry was speaking to students at a seperate event promoting a Paralympics-style multi-sports event for British service personnel wounded in Iraq.<\/p>\n
The dull prince, fourth in line to the throne, belongs to a class of people who live it up on taxpayers money while promoting racial mixing and “diversity” for the rest of humanity but not themselves.<\/p>\n
“I really quite hate Twitter (due to) the invasion of privacy. I think you all know what I’m talking about.”<\/p>\n
Harry, who proudly took part in the invasion and destruction of Iraq, was later pictured frolicking naked with hired entertainment at a party in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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