[SIGCIS-Members] race and Silicon Valley

Marie Hicks mhicks1 at iit.edu
Thu Nov 3 01:33:23 PDT 2011


Thanks for the link, Jonathan.

Hank Williams, a black programmer and tech entrepreneur, had an
interesting response to Arrington and the situation--particularly in
his discussion of how TechCrunch covered the recent NewMe demo day and
the importance that press has in constructing people's expectations
and interactions:
http://whydoeseverythingsuck.com/2011/10/arrington-race-and-silicon-valley-i.html

Marie
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Marie Hicks, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of History of Technology
Lewis Department of the Humanities
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
mhicks1 at iit.edu
www.mariehicks.net




On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Coopersmith, Jonathan
<j-coopersmith at neo.tamu.edu> wrote:
> Of possible interest:  http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/race-debate-over-silicon-valley-documentary-heats-up-on-twitter/2011/10/12/gIQAfzwBQM_blog.html
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