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The POCIT Weekly - Thurs, July  11
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The Slippery Slope of [Too Much] Passion at Work

"I love mission-driven jobs. In fact, I’m borderline addicted to them... And yet I know that for lots of us — and especially women of color — our passion for the work we do sometimes makes us vulnerable to inequitable pay scales and jobs that we can’t set boundaries around — or walk away from.​

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ARTICLE 🙋🏽‍♀️

Why Does Siri Sound White? — A Journey Into Afrocentric UX

"Why don’t some soap dispensers work for me? Why are Black people being labeled as gorillas, and why did Google have to “fix” it by removing gorillas from being recognized? Why did the Microsoft chatbot turn into a neo-nazi and why does it’s successor Zo avoid all things deemed “politically incorrect” and on TOP of that can’t tell me slavery is bad?"

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AROUND THE WEB 🌍
An amazing young Nigerian coder creates a laundry-folding robot. 

How and why Black tech news struggles to find a home in mainstream newsrooms

Facebook publishes its annual diversity report. The report shows Black employees fill 1.5% of technical roles at Facebook (1.3% in 2018) and 3.1% of its senior leadership is Black (2.4% in 2018).
Snapchat announces new shows from Serena Williams, Arnold Schwarzenegger and others [TechCrunch]
Ruben Harris's Career Karma raises $1.5 million seed round for its Bootcamp marketplace. [EdSurge]
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