Consider, the wealth gap for white women to white men largely begins with them. Whereas a median White household has 50 times the wealth of the median black ho

Consider, the wealth gap for white women to white men largely begins with them. Whereas a median White household has 50 times the wealth of the median black household [1], and income and wealth are a great predictor of attending and graduating college[2]. So it's a lot more convenient to get more white and asian women into tech without having to deal with the greater systemic wealth and income disparities that effect black candidates. That's definitely not all of it, but even if you believe, as a number of people on HN seem to believe, that there is no more racism in hiring for qualified candidates, this is something you can't really deny, that systemic disadvantages in income and wealth mean that black people are going to be under represented among qualified candidates. In fact, I recall hearing that the wealth gap between whites and blacks is bigger than in south africa during apartheid [3]. [1] http://www.epi.org/publication/trends-median-wealth-race/ http://www.epi.org/publication/trends-median-wealth-race/ [2] http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2012/05/02/poor-students-are-the-real-victims-of-college-discrimination/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2012/05/02/poor-stu... [3] http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/worse-apartheid-black-obama%E2%80%99s-america http://www.blackagendareport.com/content/worse-apartheid-bla...