Social media companies have also enhanced the technological prowess of the white supremacist carceral state in targeting Black, Brown, Indigenous and working class communities through ostensibly “colorblind” tech. CW: References to Police and Governmental Violence By Omar Zahzah If there ever was a point at which Big Tech’s supposed democratization of social relations and communications...
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These Are The Companies Profiting From Detaining Migrants At Border Concentration Camps
It doesn’t do migrants and refugees a service to pretend that white supremacy, capitalism and other forms of oppression aren’t intertwined. Today Wayfair employees walked out to protest the company’s sales to the U.S. government and its contractor’s concentration camps (let’s call them what they are) based in Texas. 547 Wayfair employees signed a letter...
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The Attack on Net Neutrality is an Attack on Marginalized People
Ending Net Neutrality is a nail in the coffin of resistance. Fight it. If you have been on the internet at all in the past five years then you’ve likely heard about the fight for Net Neutrality. In a general sense, the loss of Net Neutrality will be a major inconvenience for many people but...
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Women of Color-Owned Startups Disrupting the Tech Industry
It is only right to shine the spotlight on women of color who are disrupting the tech industry for the better. Last week, Fast Company profiled a new start-up aimed at ‘disrupting’ bodegas and mom-and-pop stores. Bodega, named for the businesses they hope to make obsolete, installs unmanned, customizable pantry boxes in offices, apartments, gyms,...
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Learn About The Self Care App Which Helps You Survive
Aloe is an app which promises to help you with the basics of self care which is crucial for those who can’t afford constant care or therapy. In today’s political climate, rife with negativity and hatred, it’s easy to forget to take what one would think are the most basic, mundane steps in caring for...
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6 Microaggressions That Exclude Women from the Tech Industry
This article was originally published on Everyday Feminism September 7, 2015 by Suzannah Weiss In recent years, the tech industry’s gender imbalance has become a frequent topic of discussion in the media, and people are starting to see how skewed the ratio really is. About 19% of software engineers at 230 companies included in a crowd-sourced...
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Meet Zora Ball, The World’s Youngest Programmer
When most of us think back to our childhood, memories of double dutch, dodgeball or learning to write a complete sentence come to mind. When child prodigy Zora Ball looks back at her formative years, she’ll remember the first programming app she created. Related: Teaching Little Black Girls To Love Themselves When Society Doesn’t In...