How to be anti-racist , according to black folks who work in tech

It's been another tough week, amongst many in the last ten years where black, brown and queer people of colour are inundated with requests and commentary on the heightened awareness of what the world realizes is their daily experience, at least for the duration of the news cycle.

I want to direct us to the voices of people that have been speaking out on the issue for years. If you would like to support, please follow them and give their media a read. Don't just like this post.

Bookmark their links, follow them online, use them to find more resources, or act on their suggestions. Doing anti-racism is very difficult and challenging, and the ideas that are featured in so many company statements all started from their experiences.

Pariss AthenaBlack Tech Pipeline Founder

@parissathena

Has your company made a statement? Internally/externally?

15:26 PM - 05 Jun 2020

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MABINTOU

@mabin2_

We must remember, you cant black-owned your way out of systematic oppression.

06:25 AM - 07 Jun 2020

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Breonna Taylor

@bdougieyo

If you identify as black and have enabled @GitHub Sponsors, reply with a link to your profile. I would love to sponsor the work you do in open source for the next year and I am sure there are others willing to do so as well.

Let's exercise some privilege here.

16:38 PM - 06 Jun 2020

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Jyrone Parker

@mastashake08

There are a couple low income children I want to teach how to program. Neither have laptops, I'm trying to do either of the following
1) Raise money to buy them laptops
2) Get 2 laptops donated

Any help is appreciated trying to make a difference!

19:42 PM - 05 Jun 2020

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Kim Crayton [She/Her] #causeascene

@kimcrayton1

400 registered attendees for the "Introduction to Being an Antiracist" event with 20 days to go

We're well on our way to the meeting the 1K attendee goal

Event link and homework information is below

23:02 PM - 07 Jun 2020

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#blacklivesmatter #software #dev