By Albert Lin
Apple on Tuesday became the latest Silicon Valley technology giant to release its diversity data, and when it comes to Black and Latino employees, the company’s numbers look better than those of Twitter, Yahoo! and Google.
Of Apple’s United States employees, 55 percent are whitecomparable to Twitter’s 59 percent, Yahoo!’s 50 percent, and Google’s 61 percent. But Apple’s Black (7 percent) and Latino (11 percent) representation are downright impressive when compared to Twitter’s total (5 percent Black and Latino), Yahoo!’s total (6 percent) and Google’s total (5 percent).
