What We Can Learn about Diversity from the Liberal Arts
summary
Examines concrete changes that made liberal arts more diverse and tests which apply to tech: a content audit of introductory materials (a Rails for Zombies audit and an HTML/CSS book review) shows heavy bias; a cited study links fields that worship genius myth to exclusion; examples include diversifying children’s primers and celebrating apps like a restroom-mapping tool for transgender and intersex people; recommends rewriting job listings and valuing nontraditional coders (bloggers, artists) with specific wording and hiring criteria.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:55Arts and diversity myth
- 8:11Children's literature impact
- 12:28Diversity in coding tutorials
- 15:45Literary canons evolution
- 19:39Genius myth impact
- 22:55Job postings archetype
- 25:25Women in tech
- 31:05Call to action
