Tema Okun - Tackling Toxic Culture in Tech Racism and Its Legacy | JupyterCon 2020

Brief Summary
This talk will cover the stake that tech generally and individuals in tech specifically have in racial justice and equity. The talk will look at the legacy of racism and its toxic impact on the field, the cost to the field of the failure to acknowledge and address this legacy, and the benefits to the field of continuing to take proactive steps to name and address racism.
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