Demand for IT employees from different backgrounds is growing, but statistics suggest that there is still a long way to go. Just how diverse is IT in the United States today? <A HREF="http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2082598,00.asp?kc=EWNAVEMNL011207EOAD">It depends on who you ask.</A> Some will say, "More than ever," and tell you about companies that are itching for a mixed breed of recruits, that will brag about their minority representation and that consider it a great bonus to have dozens of cultures and languages represented within a single organization. But others will say, sure, there is diversification, but only involving workers from very specific parts of the world.