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Silicon Valley. It's where the women, and the minorities, aren't.

Hit any tech event from South of Market to Santa Clara, and you see the same cast of characters. Scores of young white men in T-shirts and hoodies. A fair number of Asians and south Asians. A few Hispanics. Rarely blacks. And a smattering of women.

It's a funhouse mirror image of the American workforce, which is 47% female, 16% Hispanic, 12% black and 12% Asian, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Google released its diversity numbers Wednesday after it (and most other tech firms) have spent years without disclosing such figures.

Just 1% of its tech staff are black. Two percent are Hispanic. The one well-represented minority group is Asians, who make up 34% of the company's tech workers. Eighty-three percent of Google's tech workers internationally are male.For non-tech jobs, the number is 52%.

The numbers are especially astounding for California, where 38% of the population is Hispanic, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Asians make up 14% of the state.

At its heart, there are two reasons for the mismatch, experts say. The first is pipeline. White and Asian men are much more likely to have access and take advantage of technical schooling that leads to jobs at tech firms than historically disadvantaged minorities.

"Women and underrepresented minorities have been denied access to resources and opportunities that would allow them to enter and succeed in computer science," said Coleen Carrigan, an anthropologist who researches high-tech cultures.

Students coming from high schools where computer science, and especially AP computer science, isn't taught, start out with a tremendous disadvantage. That's something Londa Schiebinger,

a professor of the history of science at Stanford University, has learned from her students.

"Computer science education rewards students with early exposure to computers and fails to nurture those who are new to them and apprehensive," Carrigan said.

Finally, high tech isn't a very welcoming place if you don't fit in, Carrigan said.

By putting its numbers out there, Google is taking the steps necessary to bring change.

Doing so isn't about window dressing. It actually makes it a better and more profitable company, says Ed Lazowska, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Washington-Seattle.

"Engineering (particularly of software) is a hugely creative endeavor. Greater diversity — more points of view — yields a better result," he said.

Aside from Intel, no other big tech firms freely have made available the makeup of their workforce.

Facebook has yet to release diversity figures but plans to. At a company shareholder meeting last week, COO Sheryl Sandberg, who wrote the Lean In best-seller about opportunities for women, said that when Facebook does release its figures, it will do so privately, within the company first.

Sandberg, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Hewlett-Packard chief Meg Whitman are among a smattering of high-profile women in tech.

Telle Whitney, president of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, which tracks Silicon Valley opportunities for women, says the average ratio for female tech workers in Silicon Valley is 20-23%, but Google's release of its statistics could lead the industry to do better.

Even if woman and minorities aren't well represented in the work world, parents are reading the writing on the wall.

"Parents want to give their kids a competitive edge," said Karen Thurm Safran, the vice president of business development for ID Tech camps, which offer computer programming and tech camps in 28 states.

"They know it's empowering, and it opens up a lot of doors and possibilities," she said.

Though the number of campers being signed up has increased tremendously since the camps opened in 1999, the percentage of girls has been stagnant.

Not this year, Safran said. "I just ran the numbers. It's been 12% for years, but what's amazing is that this year, it's 15%."

Contributing: Jefferson Graham in Los Angeles.

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Silicon Valley. Ini adalah dimana perempuan dan minoritas, tidak.Memukul setiap peristiwa teknologi dari Selatan pasar untuk Santa Clara, dan Anda melihat para pemain yang sama karakter. Skor dari pemuda putih di kaosnya. Cukup banyak orang Asia dan Asia Selatan. Beberapa Hispanik. Jarang orang kulit hitam. Dan segelintir perempuan.Ini adalah gambar cermin funhouse tenaga kerja Amerika, yang 47% perempuan, 16% Hispanik, hitam 12% dan 12% Asia, menurut US Bureau of Labor Statistics.Google merilis jumlah keragaman Rabu setelah itu (dan kebanyakan perusahaan teknologi lain) telah menghabiskan tahun tanpa mengungkapkan angka-angka tersebut.1% dari staf teknis yang berwarna hitam. Dua persen adalah Hispanik. Satu kelompok minoritas baik diwakili adalah Asia, yang membentuk 34% pekerja perusahaan teknologi. Delapan puluh tiga persen pekerja teknologi Google internasional laki-laki. Untuk pekerjaan berteknologi bebas, jumlah adalah 52%.Angka-angka terutama mengejutkan untuk California, dimana 38% dari penduduk adalah Hispanik, menurut Biro Sensus Amerika Serikat. Asia membuat 14% dari negara.Pada intinya, ada dua alasan untuk ketidakcocokan, ahli mengatakan. Yang pertama adalah pipa. Laki-laki putih dan Asia jauh lebih mungkin untuk memiliki akses dan mengambil keuntungan dari sekolah teknis yang mengarah ke pekerjaan di perusahaan teknologi dari minoritas yang kurang beruntung secara historis."Perempuan dan terwakili minoritas telah ditolak akses ke sumber daya dan peluang yang akan memungkinkan mereka masuk dan berhasil dalam ilmu komputer," kata Coleen Carrigan, seorang antropolog yang meneliti berteknologi tinggi budaya.Siswa yang datang dari sekolah tinggi mana ilmu komputer, dan terutama AP ilmu komputer, tidak diajarkan, mulai dengan kerugian yang luar biasa. Itu adalah sesuatu yang Londa Schiebinger,seorang profesor sejarah ilmu pengetahuan di Stanford University, telah belajar dari siswa."Pendidikan ilmu komputer penghargaan siswa dengan paparan awal komputer dan gagal untuk memelihara mereka yang baru bagi mereka dan khawatir," kata Carrigan.Akhirnya, teknologi tinggi tidak tempat sangat ramah jika Anda tidak cocok, Carrigan kata.Dengan meletakkan jumlah luar sana, Google adalah mengambil langkah-langkah yang diperlukan untuk membawa perubahan.Melakukan hal itu bukan tentang etalase. Itu benar-benar membuat perusahaan yang lebih baik dan lebih menguntungkan, kata Ed Lazowska, seorang profesor ilmu komputer dan teknik di University of Washington-Seattle."Teknik (terutama dari perangkat lunak) adalah usaha yang sangat kreatif. Keragaman yang lebih besar-pandangan yang lain — menghasilkan hasil yang lebih baik, "katanya.Selain dari Intel, ada perusahaan teknologi besar lainnya bebas telah tersedia makeup tenaga kerja mereka.Facebook belum merilis keragaman angka tapi rencana untuk. Pada pemegang saham perusahaan yang pertemuan minggu, COO Sheryl Sandberg, yang menulis best-seller bersandar dalam tentang peluang untuk perempuan, mengatakan bahwa ketika Facebook merilis angka nya, akan melakukannya secara pribadi, dalam perusahaan pertama.Sandberg, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer dan Hewlett-Packard kepala Meg Whitman merupakan segelintir profil tinggi wanita di tech.Telle Whitney, president of the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology, which tracks Silicon Valley opportunities for women, says the average ratio for female tech workers in Silicon Valley is 20-23%, but Google's release of its statistics could lead the industry to do better.Even if woman and minorities aren't well represented in the work world, parents are reading the writing on the wall."Parents want to give their kids a competitive edge," said Karen Thurm Safran, the vice president of business development for ID Tech camps, which offer computer programming and tech camps in 28 states."They know it's empowering, and it opens up a lot of doors and possibilities," she said.Though the number of campers being signed up has increased tremendously since the camps opened in 1999, the percentage of girls has been stagnant.Not this year, Safran said. "I just ran the numbers. It's been 12% for years, but what's amazing is that this year, it's 15%."Contributing: Jefferson Graham in Los Angeles.