Black Caucus member tells Zuckerberg Facebook is ‘not nearly’ diverse enough

By Melissa Quinn

Published April 11, 2018 4:52pm ET

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Black Caucus member tells Zuckerberg Facebook is ‘not nearly’ diverse enough — New documents, obtained in advance by the Washington Examiner, reveal DCCC efforts to reassure Rep. G.K. Butterfield, above, and Rep. Alma Adams of its goal "to protect our our members while creating new opportunities to pick up seats." (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke) | Lauren Victoria Burke

Congressional Black Caucus member G.K. Butterfield, D-N.C., told Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday that his efforts to include more black people on his company’s leadership team have so far fallen short of meeting the goal of diversity.

Zuckerberg said Facebook has increased its representation of black employees from 2 percent to 3 percent, and said the company has implemented several diversity initiatives, but Butterfield said that isn’t good enough.

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