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How Silicon Valley is trying to fix its diversity problem

Clip: 1/15/2016 | 8m 20s

recent figures show that Silicon Valley employees are still overwhelmingly white and male.

Almost two years after major tech firms began publicizing their diversity numbers, recent figures show that Silicon Valley employees are still overwhelmingly white and male. Hari Sreenivasan reports on the steps these companies are taking to address their race and gender problems, from software algorithms to education and recruitment initiatives.

01/15/2016 | Rating NR

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