Diversity
No matter the shape or color,
all pieces connect to create something great.
At Tech Titans, we know that innovation doesn't follow a formula. Great ideas are sparked by diversity, the unexpected, and an inquisitive perspective.
We value each person in our community.
We are horrified by the death of George Floyd and send our condolences to his family.
We support peaceful protesters and absolutely believe #BlackLivesMatter
The persistence of racism, prejudice and privilege in our country is a reality.
Within our tech community, we say to our brothers and sisters of any color, thank you for your contributions. You frequently have a harder case to make, because your experiences are different than the majority. Forgive the rest of us when we go with the comfortable or easy. Please don't stop trying. You make us better.
And if you ever don't feel valued because of your color, call us on it. The only way we can overcome our blind spots is with help-yours and the accountability of all our peers.
If you are in any kind of majority, reach out and learn about people who are different than you. Share a meal and have the race discussion. Hearing stories will change you.
We dream of a future where people are valued for who they are and how big they dream.
Our brothers and sisters of any color, we have a place for you in Tech Titans.
Find out more about the Black experience
Books
- We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies and the Art of Survival by Jabari Asim
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
- A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
- They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Manchild In the Promised Land by Claude Brown
- The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
- Where Do We Go From Here by Martin Luther King
Articles
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
- Why You Should Speak Up Even When It’s Not Easy by Kevin Daum
- Three Things You Can Do Now to Take Action as an Ally in the Workplace by Katie Burke
- What Your Black Employees and Customers Need to Hear by Jade and Noelle Johnson
- Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge Op-Ed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- Working on hard mode: Being Black in Corporate America by Zach Stubblefield
- How to Talk to Your Kids about Racism by CPINDEA from PBS
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances Are They’re Not by Danielle Cade
Watch
- I Am Not Your Negro – A documentary of James Baldwin’s story about race in modern America (available on Apple iTunes, or Amazon Prime)
- When They See Us – The story of 5 teenaged boys falsely accused of rape in Central Park (available on Netflix)
- Jane Elliott’s Anti-racism Experiment – A Class Divided (PBS Frontline)
- TED Talk: Get Comfortable with Being Uncomfortable by Luvvie Adjayi
- TEDx Talk: Let’s get to the root of racial injustice by Megan Ming Francis
- Free movies about racial injustice curated by The Verge
- Curated list of streaming movies about racism by USA Today
- Curated list of films by NPR
- The Hate You Give - A novel by Angie Thomas made into a feature-length movie directed by George Tillman Jr.
Podcast
- Into an American Uprising: White Accountability by Into America
- Legacies of Pain and Resilience: Clinical Implications for Understanding Historical Trauma and Race Webinar
- Race Matters: Webinar Series by Korn Ferry
- Addressing Historical Trauma Podcast
- Raising our Black Sons: Perspectives from Mothers Black Boys and Men Podcast
- Police Brutality & Trauma Black Boys and Men Podcast
Training
- Google's course on Unbiasing
- Project READY training on implicit bias and microagressions
- The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond Undoing Racism Conference
- Facebook's Managing Unconscious Bias Training
- Forbes: How to Create Effective Online Diversity Trainings