This Week in Tech, Race, and Gender - DINT 145

Tech trade org ISACA, in its latest report on tech workplaces and culture, limits the study to women alone, ignoring racial and other minorities in the tech industry.

Mar 22, 2025

Global tech trade organization ISACA published a report on workplace culture that had no mention of race or neurodiversity at all.

Instead of providing a comprehensive view of the topic, the report focused solely on the experiences of women in the workplace and how tech culture affects us as women.

Here at DINT we’re of course focused on tech race and gender. When I saw the title of the article I was excited, thinking I’d have interesting findings to share with you. I searched the report for the race portion of the document and found nothing. ISACA published, “Tech Workplace and Culture 2025 Report” on March 5.

By contrast, organizations put out several reports in the last two years that do include race and gender and its impact on a person’s experience in tech. Here are 10 of the most accurate and recent studies I could find on the topic:

Annual Studies on Tech, Race, and Gender

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) High Tech Diversity Reports
- Most recent: "High Tech, Low Inclusion" (September 11, 2024) ✓
- Prior report: "Diversity in High Tech" (2016) ✓
McKinsey Women in the Workplace
- Most recent: 2024 report (published September 17, 2024) ✓
- This marks their 10th anniversary report
Deloitte Tech Trends
- Most recent: Tech Trends 2025 (published December 11, 2024) ✓
- Prior edition: Tech Trends 2024 (published December 2023) ✓
StackOverflow Annual Developer Survey
- Most recent: 2024 Developer Survey (published July 24, 2024) ✓
- Survey was conducted in May 2024 with over 65,000 respondents
Dice Equality in Tech Report
- Most recent: 2023 Equality in Tech Report (published April 2023) ✓
- Prior report: 2021 Equality in Tech Report
CBRE Scoring Tech Talent
- Most recent: 2024 Scoring Tech Talent Report (published April 2024) ✓
- Published annually since 2013
Microsoft Annual Diversity & Inclusion Report
- Most recent: 2024 Global Diversity & Inclusion Report (published October 23, 2024) ✓
- Prior report: 2023 report (published November 1, 2023)
WomenTech Network's Women in Tech Stats
- Most recent: 2024 Women in Tech Stats (updated March 2024) ✓
- Updated several times per year
Statista Tech Demographic Reports
- Various reports published on a rolling basis throughout 2023-2024 ✓
- No single comprehensive publication date
Pew Research Center's Workplace Diversity Surveys
- Most recent dedicated tech diversity report: "Diversity in the STEM workforce varies widely across jobs" (January 2023) ✓
- General workplace DEI report: "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Workplace" (October 2023) ✓

Note that several of these organizations (particularly McKinsey, Deloitte, and CBRE) follow a predictable annual cycle for their publications, so while the 2024/2025 editions may not yet be available for all of them, they are likely to be released in the coming months according to their established schedules.

Here’s the catch, the publishers of these reports released them during what I’m calling the “Golden Race Gap,” that four-year period after the murder of George Floyd and before the current administration in the U.S.

I’m interested to see whether any of the reports will see the light of day during 2025.

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