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Stephen talks about growing up “poor” and white. Here is some background on the demographics of poverty in the U.S. from the U.S. Census Bureau:

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20the%20poverty%20rate,race%20and%20Hispanic%20origin%20groups.&text=The%20poverty%20rate%20for%20Blacks,Hispanics%2C%20it%20was%2015.7%25.

Stephen mentions a well known study about labor market discrimination. Here’s a link to that study published by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhi Mullainathan in the American Economic Review.

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/0002828042002561

Stephen offers his time and talent to help young people of color learn to code. Here’s an article describing black and brown tech workers experience of racism on the job.

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-06-24/diversity-in-tech-tech-workers-tell-their-story

Demographics of white vs People of Color in tech and computer programming

https://www.wired.com/story/five-years-tech-diversity-reports-little-progress/

2020 People of Color in Tech Report addressing the lack of diversity in the tech industry

https://www.trustradius.com/vendor-blog/people-of-color-in-tech-report

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Stephen talks about growing up “poor” and white. Here is some background on the demographics of poverty in the U.S. from the U.S. Census Bureau:

https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2020/09/poverty-rates-for-blacks-and-hispanics-reached-historic-lows-in-2019.html#:~:text=In%202019%2C%20the%20poverty%20rate,race%20and%20Hispanic%20origin%20groups.&text=The%20poverty%20rate%20for%20Blacks,Hispanics%2C%20it%20was%2015.7%25.

Stephen mentions a well known study about labor market discrimination. Here’s a link to that study published by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhi Mullainathan in the American Economic Review.

https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/0002828042002561

Stephen offers his time and talent to help young people of color learn to code. Here’s an article describing black and brown tech workers experience of racism on the job.

https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-06-24/diversity-in-tech-tech-workers-tell-their-story

Demographics of white vs People of Color in tech and computer programming

https://www.wired.com/story/five-years-tech-diversity-reports-little-progress/

2020 People of Color in Tech Report addressing the lack of diversity in the tech industry

https://www.trustradius.com/vendor-blog/people-of-color-in-tech-report

  continue reading

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