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Remembering Why We Celebrate Pride

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¡°As long as gay people don¡¯t have their rights all across
America, there¡¯s no reason for celebration.¡±

¡ª Marsha P. Johnson, gay liberation activist and central figure in the Stonewall riots

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With its iconic marches and vibrant colors, Pride is both a time of celebration, as well as a recognition of the Stonewall Rebellion¡¯s anniversary, which birthed the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement. Today ¡ª a world of unrest that echoes the very Stonewall riots that gave us the Pride we know ¡ª is the time to focus on the spirit of that uprising and save the celebrations for another day. 

Marsha P. Johnson, the Black trans woman who catalyzed the Stonewall Rebellion, said it best: ¡°As long as gay people don¡¯t have their rights all across America, there¡¯s no reason for celebration.¡± As protests across the nation respond to systemic police brutality against the Black community, there is a bright, necessary light on violence against People of Color ¡ª including LGBTQ+ People of Color, who experience these injustices differently. 

Today, in the United States: 

  • Data shows that Black people who identify as LGBTQ+ have the highest rates of unemployment, lack of insurance coverage, food insecurity, and income below the poverty level than both non-Black LGBTQ+ people and non-LGBTQ+ Black people.
  • Young LGBT People of Color are at higher risk of homelessness. An estimated 20¨C40% of homeless youth in the U.S. identify as LGBT or believe they may be LGBTQ+. One study found that among homeless youth who identify as gay or lesbian, 44% identified as Black and 26% as Latino. 
  • Black transgender women are disproportionately victims of harassment and violence; last year, there were 26 reported deaths of transgender and gender non-conforming people in the United States caused by acts of violence. Black trans women accounted for the majority of these losses.

The path forward is paved with solidarity. We hope these injustices are rectified soon so that all of us can celebrate and heal ¡ª not just a privileged few. In the meantime, we¡¯re here to support you with resources and workshops focused on LGBTQ+ topics. For more information on how you can stand with People of Color, read our post, Why We Should All Be Angry, by our very own Vice President for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, James Page.

Stay safe. Stay strong. Don¡¯t stay silent.

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What’s the Difference Between Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity?

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Diversity Equity Inclusion Distinction

The often-used terms diversity, equity, and inclusion have distinct meanings. Here’s why that matters, and how they work together.

Diversity. Inclusion. Equity. DEI. These words and the issues they point to loom large in tech. It¡¯s hard to go a week without reading an article about a company touting its dedication to diversity while another is called out for tolerating oppressive comments and workplace practices.

From 2014¨C2016, Google spent $265 million to increase its diversity numbers (to little avail), which has become even more well known after the company recently fired an employee who wrote a memo against diversity efforts. In a 2017 survey of tech employees, 72% reported that diversity and inclusion were important to their company. In another report, which surveyed over 700 startup founders, 45% of respondents reported that they talked about diversity and inclusion internally in the last year. The majority of participants in that survey believe that the tech industry¡¯s employee makeup will be representative of the U.S. population in 2030, though that¡¯s a far cry from where we are now.

With all this talk about diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in tech, there is no better time to dig deep and establish shared, fundamental understandings of these terms and their meanings. In my work as a DEI facilitator working with tech companies and in many less formal conversations, I¡¯ve found that there¡¯s widespread confusion. People get tripped up not only on definitions regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion, but also on using these terms to create goals and action plans for themselves and their organizational culture. When we can¡¯t get on the same page, we can¡¯t take the next step. So let¡¯s take initiative and start at the beginning?to create a shared understanding of DEI together.

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The Study of Data Science Lags in Gender and Racial Representation

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In the past few years, much attention has been drawn to the dearth of women and people of color in tech-related fields. A recent article in Forbes noted, ¡°Women hold only about 26% of data jobs in the United States. There are a few reasons for the gender gap: a lack of STEM education for women early on in life, lack of mentorship for women in data science, and human resources rules and regulations not catching up to gender balance policies, to name a few.¡± Federal civil rights data further demonstrate that ¡°black and Latino high school students are being shortchanged in their access to high-level math and science courses that could prepare them for college¡± and for careers in fields like data science.

As an education company offering tech-oriented courses at 20 campuses across the world, 足球竞彩网 Assembly is in a unique position to analyze the current crop of students looking to change the dynamics of the workplace.

Looking at GA data for our part-time programs (which typically reach students who already have jobs and are looking to expand their skill set as they pursue a promotion or a career shift), here¡¯s what we found: While great strides have been made in fields like web development and user experience (UX) design, data science?¡ª?a relatively newer concentration?¡ª?still has a ways to go in terms of gender and racial equality.

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