From wake word to woke word: Siri and Alexa tell you black lives matter, but tech still has a diversity problem

Tech giants have struggled for years to convince the public that they are committed to diversifying their own massive workforces, but the demographics have only slowly changed in the past decade. Google's workforce is 54.4 percent white and 3.3 percent black, according to its 2019 diversity report. Apple's U.S. workforce is 50 percent white and 9 percent black. Amazon's report shows a more diverse makeup -- its U.S. workforce is 34.7 percent white and 26.5 percent black -- though its statistics include low-paying warehouse jobs as well as more lucrative white collar positions.