[Foundation-l] A question for American Wikimedians

[Sue Gardner]

On 18 November 2010 05:47, Milos Rancic <millosh at gmail.com> wrote:
> Sue mentioned tech-centricity of Wikimedia community. I would say that
> it is a good enough explanation for less women and less African
> Americans in Wikimedian community. But, disproportion in the case of
> African Americans is much bigger than disproportion in the case of
> American women. Note, also, that not all American women inside of
> Wikimedia community have tech background. So, logical question is:
> Are there numbers which confirm that there are significantly less
> African Americans with tech jobs than American women?

Yes: click the link I sent.

African-Americans make up 7.1% of tech company employees nationwide;
women make up 22.7%.

Thanks,
Sue