Like the viral tweet teaches: “racism isn’t a touchy topic when you aren’t a fucking racist.”
Still, in the immediate aftermath of large-scale civil unrest sparked by police violence and systemic racism, it’s easy to get stuck on what to do next. Donate money; make sure to vote; learn and spread ideas of anti-racism and amplify critical voices.
No surprise there is no shortage of such voices to follow in the DMV and broadly in tech. This month was already Racial Equity in Tech Month in Technical.ly’s editorial calendar. As if that wasn’t reason enough, this weekend and this moment further reminds how important it is to support perspective and messages from Black people.
In that spirit, below, find a very simple, very small step: a list of 10 Black voices in technology or otherwise active on Twitter whose voices you should amplify. Some of them we’ve reported on for years, and others we’ve admired from afar. All are voices worth following if you don’t already.
Erica C, technical leader at Cisco
Alexis Ewing-Moody, senior software engineer
Jessica Dembe, front-end engineer at Axios
Michael Ejigu, data and growth at Axios
https://twitter.com/MichaelEjigu/status/1267133898192027650
Michelai Graham, Technical.ly DC market editor
https://twitter.com/OhMichGee/status/1266959449912233984
Anita Hall, full-stack developer
Zuri Hunter, technical lead for Black Girls Code DC
Taylor Poindexter, back-end engineer and Black Code Collective cofounder
https://twitter.com/engineering_bae/status/1267076993734115328
