I suspect it's because techies are better at Internet publicity than non-techies, so tech industry gets the most Internet-driven pressure, and Internet is takin

I suspect it's because techies are better at Internet publicity than non-techies, so tech industry gets the most Internet-driven pressure, and Internet is taking about the world. https://skift.com/2018/04/20/airlines-need-to-work-harder-to-recruit-more-female-pilots/ https://skift.com/2018/04/20/airlines-need-to-work-harder-to... http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/transportation/218401-the-company-isnt-going-to-hire-black-pilots-anymore http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/transportation/218401-... https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2018/mar/06/inequality-30000-feet-qantas-aviation-least-progressive-industry https://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2018/mar/06/ineq... > Silicon Valley seems unique in its headline grabbing push in this regard, despite decades of failed experiments: https://hbr.org/2016/07/why-diversity-programs-fail https://hbr.org/2016/07/why-diversity-programs-fail ... Please read the article you linked. You'll learn a lot. It talks a lot about how entrenched racism and sexism has resisted traditional diversity efforts, and recommends more-successful approaches for the future. Example: > Five years after a company implements a college recruitment program targeting female employees, the share of white women, black women, Hispanic women, and Asian-American women in its management rises by about 10%, on average. A program focused on minority recruitment increases the proportion of black male managers by 8% and black female managers by 9%.