The Intersectional Experiences of Black Women in Computing
The Intersectional Experiences of Black Women in Computing
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10.1145/3328778.3366873
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2020-02
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Yolanda A. Rankin;J. Thomas
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作者：
Yolanda A. Rankin;J. Thomas
扩大计算参与的努力导致了以性别为中心的干预措施，旨在增加计算领域的女性数量。但是，这种努力并未显着增加计算中黑人妇女的百分比。例如，在2018年，在28884个学士学位\ Textquotesingle S学位中，只有1％被授予黑人妇女。此外，很少有实证研究有意探索了黑人妇女的生活经历。在本文中，我们引入了交叉性 - 社会建构的身份（例如种族，性别，阶级，性别等）的复杂重叠 - 作为探索黑人女性在计算中的生活经历的理论框架和跳板。我们在计算生态系统的各个阶段（本科生，研究生和早期职业专业人员）采访了14名黑人妇女，以了解交叉性如何影响其持续计算的能力。对14个访谈分析的初步发现提供了有关压迫系统（即性别种族主义）如何在计算教育中发挥作用的见解，并对计算领域的招募和保留产生负面影响。
Efforts to broaden participation in computing have led to gender-focused interventions intended to increase the number of women in the field of computing. However, such efforts have failed to significantly increase the percentage of Black women in computing. For example, only 1% of the 28,884 bachelor\textquotesingle s degrees in computing were awarded to Black women in 2018. Moreover, too few empirical studies have intentionally explored the lived experiences of Black women, an often overlooked and understudied population in the computing ecosystem. In this paper, we introduce intersectionality - the complex overlap of socially constructed identities such as race, gender, class, sexuality, etc. - as a theoretical framework and springboard for exploring the lived experiences of Black women in computing. We interview 14 Black women in various stages of the computing ecosystem (undergraduate students, graduate students and early career professionals) to understand how intersectionality influences their ability to persist in computing. Preliminary findings from the analysis of the 14 interviews provides insights into how the interlocking systems of oppression (i.e., gendered racism) play out in computing education and negatively impact the recruitment and retention of Black women in the field of computing.