Venture firm sued by Ellen Pao issues diversity report, but forgets diversity is more than a gender issue
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Tristan Walker, the CEO of Walker &Co., was one of the first to point out KPCB's glaring omission.
diversity. http://t.co/SmjrqoMlHSwhere's the part about ethnicity?
- tristan walker (@tristanwalker) June 19, 2015
Kleiner Perkin's report only focused on the male to female ratio among the firm and its fellow program. Ethnicity was entirely left out.
That's a big faux pas for a firm that's already been in the headlines this year for facing issues related to discrimination. Interim Reddit CEO Ellen Pao sued the firm for gender discrimination, but ultimately lost in March after a jury found the firm not liable.
Still, why issue a diversity report without all sides of diversity?
@tristanwalker Agree ethnicity is important. We've started w/gender & plan to add ethnicity for @KPCB, @KPCBFellows and portfolio cos, too
- Kleiner Perkins (@kpcb) June 19, 2015
Pius Uzamare also pointed out that the firm isn't the first. Popular Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator had also posted a blog about "diversity" then spoke primarily about women founders. The post did acknowledge founders from outside the U.S., but didn't go beyond that into any other kind of racial diversity.
Facebook, Google and Apple do not release their reports in piece meal chunks, so it's unclear why investors aren't following suit.
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