Underrepresented in Tech

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In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss the social linguistic phenomenon of code switching, as well as the variety of not-quite-code-switching-but-basically-code-switching that underrepresented people do to fit in, feel respected, and feel safe.

A safe space can be a Slack group, an event, or even a person. In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss the importance of safe spaces and how you can make them worthwhile for the people they benefit. Important Links: BlackPress Slack WP Women of Color Slack Big Orange Heart

Your small business stack can inclued all the tools, resources and websites you use on a regular basis to make your business run smoothly. When you're starting out, you want to look for free or low-cost tools. Allie and Michelle provide their suggestions and recommendations for building out your stack!

In this episode Allie and Michelle discuss AI imagery and writing. Diversity is often a huge concern with this content since rarely are these things coded without biases of some kind. 

It's harder than ever for minority businesses to get funding from venture capitalists and investors. Allie and Michelle discuss why and how this happens, as well as some "magic wand" solutions for how it could be resolved.  Episode Links Venture Capital for Black Entrepreneurs Plummted 45% in 2022 For Black Entrepreneurs, the Racial Wealth Gap Makes Finding Funding Nearly Impossible Main Street's Minority Owners Need Loans to Grow, But Access to Capital Remains Inequitable Why Black Entrerpenuers Struggle to Secure and Receive Funding and Investment Grants Yelitsa Jean-Charles and Healthy Roots Dolls Time Stamps [01:20] Contest winners announcement [03:59] Celebrating 10,000 downloads [06:10] The challenges for minority entrepreneurs to find funding [18:33] The phenomenon of ideas being stolen [21:08] Ending on a positive note

In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss why you shouldn't claim that people are lucky to have all teh things they work so hard to achieve!

In this week's episode, Allie chats with Oneal Rosero: Community Manager, WCAsia speakers team organizer, Training Team faculty Admin, and facilitator for #WPDiversity APAC. Oneal and Allie spent time at the Community table during Contributor Day at WCAsia talking all things diversity in WordPress and in this episode, take a look at how the event accomodated a diverse set of attendees.

Allie and Michelle were both fortunate enough to be selected to speak at WordCamp Asia 2023! They recorded a live episode during Contributor Day in Thailand about how great the event already was!

In this episode, Allie and Michelle discuss how the recent boom of tech layoffs can disproportionately affect underrepresented people and cause a unique set of struggles for them.