This September, outside a boutique store in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, members of the Well-Read Black Girl book club sat in a misshapen circle of folding chairs on the sidewalk. The sky was gray, rain minutes from spilling over onto the diasporic spread of bantu knots, dreads, twist-outs, wash-and-gos, afros and braids below; one … Continue reading Well-Read Black Girl: A Book Club Inspired Through a Meme!
The Importance of Knowing You Might be Wrong
In 2018, we saw the collapse of a number of famous social psychology studies -- studies which had been regarded as the gold standard for understanding (and predicting) human behavior. Julia Rohrer of Max Planck Institute for Human Development, is trying to get her peers to publicly, willingly admit it when they are wrong. Brian Resnick … Continue reading The Importance of Knowing You Might be Wrong
A Dilemma for Many: Steve James (filmmaker) talks about Race
While this post may seem a bit out of place among our topics, we think it addresses a pertinent issue: how a white person talks about the experience of people of color. With difficulty and sensitivity. For guidance we look to the experience of a celebrated filmmaker. Steve James known for his movies — "two … Continue reading A Dilemma for Many: Steve James (filmmaker) talks about Race
Where Are All the Female Architects?
The Pipeline Is Not the Problem The tech field is not the only industry where women are unwelcome. This article from the New York Times reveals the difficulty. "The last major survey of the field found that women account for half of graduates from architecture programs in this country, but they make up about 20 … Continue reading Where Are All the Female Architects?
Morgan Stanley, a leap ahead
The first cohort of the firm’s “Innovation Lab,” a tech-talent accelerator program and brain-child of Carla Harris, a Vice Chairwoman of Morgan Stanley and Head of its Multicultural Client Strategy Group is in place. “Only a small fraction of all venture capital money is given to multicultural and women entrepreneurs,” explains Harris. “Meanwhile, Morgan … Continue reading Morgan Stanley, a leap ahead
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