The high-tech industry does not look like the rest of California. There are very few African-Americans or Latinos working at tech companies. A small but important step toward changing that is happening this weekend in Oakland. An event billed as a global hackathon will bring together young students of color with techies to mentor them. Another effort to diversify the high-tech workforce is Project A Game. We head to East Oakland, where kids are learning how to make their own video games.
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