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Democratic Congresswoman Barbara Lee of California and several other members of the Congressional Black Caucus have written a letter to Julie Su, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor. The letter addresses the disproportionate layoffs of Black tech employees.
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An excerpt from the letter states, “We write to express our concerns with recent reports highlighting the impacts of widespread layoffs within the tech industry and its disproportionate impacts on the African American community and women.”
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The CBC launched Tech 2020 in 2015 to enhance the representation of Black Americans in the tech industry by 2020. Despite these efforts, Representative Lee asserts that some tech companies that pledged inclusivity are not fulfilling their promises. In an interview with theGrio, Lee stresses the importance of holding the tech industry accountable for its diversity and inclusion commitments, a responsibility she and fellow CBC members are dedicated to fulfilling.
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“We’ve been fighting for justice and for economic parity and security as part of the mission of the CBC,” she said, “and so when we established Tech 2020, it was about equity and inclusion.”
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