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14 Dec How This Bay Area Couple Works to Increase Diversity in Tech

As tech companies like Twitter, Apple and Uber soar, they've also come under increased scrutiny for their lack of diversity. According to a recent report, Twitter's workforce includes just 1 percent African-American and 3 percent Latino employees in the U.S., and 13 percent women employees in its global workforce — this, despite Twitter emerging as an important space for underrepresented voices and activist efforts. Leslie Miley, a former Twitter engineering manager, who was the only black engineer in a leadership position at the company, recently resigned from his position and penned several articles critiquing Twitter's diversity policies.