black girls code
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Black Girls Code Board Member Finally Responds to Kimberly Bryant’s Accusations
Heather Hiles said it was time to set the record straight.
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Kimberly Bryant Removed from CEO of Black Girls Code
Bryant said this may have been a move of retaliation.
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Help Black Girls Make Magic: 7 Organizations You Can $upport on International Day of the Girl
For black girls and young women of color, it can seem like the deck is perennially stacked against them. A recent study by Georgetown Law Center on Poverty and Inequality quantified what many of us have intimately experienced: that adults view black girls under 14 as less innocent and more adult than white children of…
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Professor Files Civil Rights Complaint Against Black Girls CODE, Claiming it Discriminates Against White Men
Today’s episode of WhiteCenter tells the story of the future hall-of-fame Mayo-American advancing one of White America’s oldest and most celebrated pastimes — white people-ing. Allow us to introduce you to present professor Mark Perry, a brave warrior who has dedicated his life to fighting for the rights of the marginalized and oppressed white man,…
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Lyft x Black Girls Code: How a Strategic Alliance Is Driving the Conversation on Equal Pay Forward
As we focus on the disturbing disparities that make it necessary to recognize Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, there’s an especially sobering statistic that stands out: in addition to the fact that a black woman currently has to work seven months and seven days more than a white man to earn the same salary, that…
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How to Raise a World of Shuris: Jessie Woolley-Wilson on What It Takes to Get More Black Women and Girls in STEM
Who doesn’t want to be Shuri? The self-assured, witty and unapologetically brilliant younger sister of T’Challa has not only won over millions of Black Panther fans but, experts note, may also be turning a generation of young girls—black girls in particular—on to STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) fields. But is the world of STEM…
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I Needed Some Help With My Little Sister, And I Found It Through Black Girls Code
Teenagers are perplexing. There’s something about that combination of physicality, virility and utter lack of perspective can make them seem cold and unfeeling. Mean girls, bully boys and all permutations in between hide their former cuteness and potential behind a veneer clouded by social media and raging, swirling, gurgling hormones. But, alas I have two…