, Columnist
Congress Causes Google's Diversity Problem
Google's workforce is much more diverse than it might appear from the demographics the company published today. Many of its workers are immigrants from a great variety of backgrounds.
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Google Inc.'s admission that its almost 50,000-strong workforce is predominantly male and, in the U.S., predominantly white offers a striking statement on equality of opportunity. If other Silicon Valley tech leaders had the courage to publish their staff demographics -- Facebook Inc., for one, doesn't -- they probably wouldn't prove any more diverse.
There is, however, a relatively easy way for the U.S. government to increase diversity at such companies: Open its borders to foreign engineers.