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Computer programming and African Americans

Computer programming and African Americans. By: Tivany Luqman 12/16/13 Africana folklore Professor Covert. When I asked “what percentage of African Americans are computer programmer, these are the only two answers I got: One quarter of one percent (.25%) of computer scientists are black.

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Computer programming and African Americans

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  1. Computer programming and African Americans By: TivanyLuqman 12/16/13 Africana folklore Professor Covert

  2. When I asked “what percentage of African Americans are computer programmer, these are the only two answers I got: • One quarter of one percent (.25%) of computer scientists are black. http://math.buffalo.edu/.../computer-science/cs-peeps.html • Using ISCO88 occupational classifications, the GSS reveals the following racial distribution among computer programmers (n = 144): • White -- 75.6% • Black -- 8.1% • Chinese or Indian -- 16.3% http://anepigone.blogspot.com/2011/08/half-sigma-writes-as-far-as-i-know-no.html The severe lack of African American computer programmers.

  3. Thesis: Even though the numbers are low right now, If I ask this question again in ten years they would get better. • There are African Americans graduating with Computer science Degrees. • There are Scholarships for African Americans in STEM. • There is a Organization called Black Girls Code. Fortunate growth

  4. One of the people I managed to find was Kyla McMullen. • When she was little, she had a thing for gadgets. • When McMullen was in high school, she was able to apply for the UMBC’s Meyerhoff Scholarship Program. • The Meyerhoff Scholars Program has been at the forefront of efforts to increase diversity among future leaders in science, engineering, and related fields. First African-American Woman Ph.D. Graduate in Computer Science at University of Michigan

  5. Launched in 2011 • Founded by Kimberly Bryant • Black Girl Code is an Organization for African American girls 7-17 who want to study in the STEM program. • Examples of things they do include coding, photography and film making. Black Girls code

  6. He taught himself several programming languages such as FORTRAN, PLI, COBOL and JCL while working in a New York research facility. • After graduating from High School, he attended MIT where he obtained a degree in Computer Science and a minor in Visual Arts. • Created Lingo programming: a scripting language that helps render visuals in computer programs. John Henry Thompson

  7. Facebook and Word Press are considered "white" in their more complicated and up-to-date user interfaces while Tumblr and Myspace are considered "black" due to their less sophisticated appearance and functions. • This stood out to me because I didn’t think that social media was define with race. • This is cultural folklore Digital Divide

  8. When I was a kid, I LOVED computers. I still love computers to this day. I decided to use my passion for computers and study to become a computer programmer. My career

  9. African-American Males in Computer Science---Examining the Pipeline for Clogs Daryl Bryant Stone • http://atlantablackstar.com/2013/01/09/first-african-american-woman-ph-d-graduate-in-computer-science-at-the-univ-of-mich/ • http://www.blackgirlscode.com/about-bgc.html • http://www.black-inventor.com/John-Thompson.asp • http://engineering.vanderbilt.edu/news/2013/grad%E2%80%99s-startup-goal-is-to-become-the-girl-scouts-of-technology/ • http://www.umbc.edu/Programs/Meyerhoff/program_history.html • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_divide Bibliography

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