&gt; writers who love to preach<p>God forbid reporters do some reporting.<p>&gt; I&#x27;d venture a bet that my silicon valley co-workers are much more diverse<p>You&#x27;re welcome to publish that research. If you look at the tech workforce at Facebook, where they use extremely generous 1% rounding, the sum of black and hispanic employees is 4%. [0] In one sense, comparing the least generous 8% nonwhite figure with NYT Board of Directors, their board has twice (200%) the proportion of minority members than Facebook has across their tech workforce.<p>Venture that bet. You&#x27;ll lose the bet.<p>&gt; Media has a diversity problem!!<p>Media may be the only place where an African American like Oprah, Beyonce or Kanye West can run multi-faceted business empires. You&#x27;re ignoring what a huge cultural, intellectual and business presence African Americans have in a lot of media, certainly far more than their influence in Silicon Valley.<p>[0] <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;facebook-diversity-2015&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wired.com&#x2F;2015&#x2F;06&#x2F;facebook-diversity-2015&#x2F;</a>