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For the Birmingham Times When Niesha White moved to Birmingham seven years ago to pursue a career in technology, the Dothan, Alabama, native surveyed the local tech scene and noticed that something was missing — people who looked like her. “With me being a transplant to Birmingham, it was hard to know what was going on and who to connect with,” White said. She visited Meetup.com in search of a group for Black Birmingham residents interested in technology, but she couldn’t find one. So, ...

| American companies are once again promising to increase minority hiring and retention in the aftermath of the 2020 police killings of George Floyd and other Black people and subsequent Black Lives Matter demonstrations. But Black people have heard this promise before — for decades, in fact — with little tangible change in the low employment numbers of Black engineers, developers, and IT pros. For companies that really do want to change their staffs to better reflect diversity in the US, ...

| The shock of the killing of George Floyd and other Black people in 2020 got Americans talking again about racial disparities — and companies talking again about improving diversity and inclusion. With Black History Month now winding down, there’s even more talk. But there’s been talk off and on for decades, with little result. By some measures, the proportion of Black people in engineering professions has actually dropped since the 1980s, despite all the awareness. More recently, while...

Black Tech Takeover: Birmingham Black Techies Share Updated: 8:06 PM CST Feb 5, 2021 WVTM 13 Digital Share Updated: 8:06 PM CST Feb 5, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript THE CONCEPT. WHEN AYESHA WHITE MOVED HERE FROM SOUTH ALABAMA, I WILL GO TO WORK AND MOST OF MY COLLEAGUES DID NOT LOOK LIKE ME. IT’S VERY SMALL PORTION OF BLACK PEOPLE IN TECH BUT A VERY VERY SMALL PORTION OF BLACK WOMEN AND TAKE SO ABOUT A YEAR AGO. SHE FOUNDED BIRMINGHAM BLACK TEC...