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I want us as an industry to stop perpetuating the notion that tech history was only influenced by white men and therefore we must accept the absolute garbage repository of information that is centered around them.
We can and should do better in finding individuals to promote.
We can and should do better in finding individuals to promote.
There are female, non-binary, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ individuals that have been contributing to this industry for DECADES. We just refused to acknowledge them back then.
We can and should do better now in promoting those stories.
We can and should do better now in promoting those stories.
I see this constantly in both academia and in the industry.
It becomes a problem when individuals only see white men perpetuated as influencers, because it gives others the notion that marginalized individuals don't belong here when they have UNDOUBTEDLY shaped the space.
It becomes a problem when individuals only see white men perpetuated as influencers, because it gives others the notion that marginalized individuals don't belong here when they have UNDOUBTEDLY shaped the space.
If you find yourself either opposed or in agreement of this thread, and haven't been aware of the influence of marginalized communities in tech and would like more resources, here is a list of 34 different books and papers on the subject: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZI2hQssTVpTkMn-TYOLl-UEhW3onUXNa-7F6A8-vs1E/edit?usp=sharing
