Title Geek girls : inequality and opportunity in Silicon Valley / France Winddance Twine

Edition [First edition] Published [Old Saybrook, Connecticut] : Tantor Media, Inc., 2022

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Description 1 online resource (1 audio file (09 hr., 33 min.)) Summary 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 Performer Read by Machelle Williams Notes Online resource; title from title details screen (O'Reilly, viewed May 18, 2022) Subject Women computer industry employees -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area Computer industry -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Employees High technology industries -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area -- Employees Women in computer science -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area Women in technology -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area Discrimination in employment -- California -- San Francisco Bay Area Computer industry -- Employees Discrimination in employment High technology industries -- Employees Women computer industry employees Women in computer science Women in technology California -- San Francisco Bay Area Genre/Form Audiobooks Audiobooks. Livres audio. Form Streaming audio Author Williams, Machelle, narrator. ISBN 9798765028230

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