Black tech ecosystems : how Black adult learners use computer code bootcamps for liberation / by Antonio Byrd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Byrd, Antonio, Author.

Series:

#Writing.

#writing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Students, Black--Social conditions.

Students, Black.

Education--Social aspects.

Education.

Computer programmers.

Adult students.

computer programmers.

Physical Description:

ix, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Fort Collins, Colorado : The WAC Clearinghouse, [2025]

Denver, Colorado : University Press of Colorado

Summary:

"Black Tech Ecosystems reports on a year-long ethnographic study of low-income Black adult learners attending Clearwater Academy, a nonprofit computer code bootcamp that teaches coding literacy to help end racism and poverty. While Clearwater Academy offers pathways into a lucrative career that promotes Black social mobility and a diverse tech industry, Antonio Byrd describes a more complicated story. The core challenges of weak social-support networks, embedded cultures in tech, financial strains, and racism persistently present roadblocks to Clearwater Academy's Black adult learners' success. However, through this experience, Black adult learners develop new knowledge and frameworks that change their relationship with coding literacy and labor. Instead of solely focusing on learning computer programming for work, Black Tech Ecosystems describes a liberatory and transformative use of computer programming that centers Black lives instead of the tech industry"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The work ethic of Black women coders

Finding access points to carework for coding literacy

Coding Black functions for white software programs

Coding literacy echoes in Black lives

Conclusion: falling through the leaky pipeline?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version Byrd, Antonio Black tech ecosystems

ISBN:

9781646427826

1646427823

OCLC:

1539321032