30-07-2015 20:49 via feeds.theguardian.com

Black politicians to push Silicon Valley giants on 'appalling' lack of diversity

Congressional Black Caucus to meet executives of Google, Apple and other tech companies with poor track records of hiring African American employeesThe most powerful African American politicians in the US will next week demand that Silicon Valley companies hire more black people after official figures revealed that many of the world’s most prominent tech companies’ workforces are just 2% black.GK Butterfield, chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC), will meet with executives at Appl
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