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1 online resource (1 audio file (09 hr., 33 min.)) |
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093300 |
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audio file rdaft |
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Read by Machelle Williams. |
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In Geek Girls, France Winddance Twine provides the first book by a sociologist that "lifts the Silicon veil" to provide firsthand accounts of inequality and opportunity in the tech ecosystem. With a sharp eye for detail and compelling testimonials from industry insiders, Twine shows how the technology industry remains rigged against women, and especially Black, Latinx, and Native American women from working class backgrounds. From recruitment and hiring practices, to social and educational segregation, to academic prestige hierarchies, Twine reveals how women are blocked from entering this industry. Twine argues that closed social networks and routine hiring practices described by employees reinforce the status quo and reproduce inequality. The myth of meritocracy and gender stereotypes produce a culture where the use of race-, color-, and power-evasive language makes it difficult for individuals to name the micro-aggressions and forms of discrimination that they experience. Twine offers concrete insights into how the technology industry can address ongoing racial and gender disparities, create more transparency, and empower women from underrepresented groups |
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Women computer industry employees -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
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Computer industry -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Employees.
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High technology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Employees.
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Women in computer science -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
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Women in technology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
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Discrimination in employment -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area.
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Informatique -- Industrie -- Personnel féminin -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de. |
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Informatique -- Industrie -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Personnel. |
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Industries de pointe -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de -- Personnel. |
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Femmes en informatique -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de. |
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Femmes en technologie -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de. |
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Discrimination dans l'emploi -- Californie -- San Francisco, Région de la baie de. |
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Computer industry -- Employees |
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Discrimination in employment |
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High technology industries -- Employees |
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Women computer industry employees |
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Women in computer science |
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Women in technology |
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California -- San Francisco Bay Area |
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Downloadable audio books. |
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Audiobooks
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Audiobooks.
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Livres audio.
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Williams, Machelle, narrator.
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| ISBN |
9798765028230 (electronic audio bk.) |
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