SXSW Panels: Latino Boys An Untapped Population In Tech World

In the article, ‘SXSW panels: Latino, black boys an untapped population in tech world’ written by Jazmine Ulloa, focused on the issue of EEO laws in relation to black and Latino males. EEO laws highly focuses on the discrimination of females in the work force. Companies are encourage to higher more females into their organization. “Studies show women tend to make up 20 to 30 percent of the tech sector” (Ulloa, 2016, para.6). Although this shows improvement of companies accepting women into their work force in the tech industry to increase diversity, they still lack in other cultures; the tech industry lacks in the demographic of black and Latino males. Christina Lewis Halpern of All Star Code considers the situation a “silent crisis” due to the fact that the society would only briefly touch up on the situation and prefers to focus on

This article does not focus on the entire minority group because in the tech industry, Asians are one of the top race next to Caucasians (Ulloa, 2016, para.5) to be hired and women of colors are more likely to be selected because they fit in two of the diversity demographics. In a study of about 29,500 students taking an AP computer science exam proves that black and Latino men only make up 9.3% of the population. “Tech professionals say the obstacles for black and Latinos men are many, from economic disparities in wealth and income to differences in the ways boys are taught at school and home.” (Ulloa, 2016, para.8). Being raised to being force to respect, never talk back, or told to never question authority, lead to these men having a complex relationship with authority. This problem leads to the fellows hindering their creativity. Companies would recruit more Latino and black men by expanding their profile of candidates, even lower than the chosen preference of candidates being Caucasian or Asian ethnicity and add preferences of