{"id":6703,"date":"2024-09-04T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-04T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=6703"},"modified":"2025-11-30T15:34:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T20:34:39","slug":"diversity-tech-2024-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/?p=6703","title":{"rendered":"Diversity &amp; Tech 2024 # 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image wp-duotone-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6108\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM.png 1000w, https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Screenshot-2023-09-05-at-5.13.54-PM-900x507.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agenda<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Intro\/Syllabus (25)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prof Intro, name\/pronouns. PLEASE USE CORRECT PRONOUNS.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Note: we will do student intros on 9\/18, after Add\/Drop ends.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diversity Intro Material (5): Civil &amp; Human Rights laws and policies of:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/about\/policies-guidelines-compliance\/equal-opportunity.html\">NYU<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/cchr\/law\/the-law.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York City<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/labor\/discriminations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York State<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/employers\/small-business\/3-who-protected-employment-discrimination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United States<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tech Overview: the Cotton Gin (15)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/theymadeamerica\/whomade\/whitney_hi.html\">Who Made America: Eli Whitney<\/a>\u00a0(overview reading)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/video\/georgia-stories-king-cotton-and-cotton-gin\/\">King Cotton &amp; the Cotton Gin<\/a>\u00a0(5:35)<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/aia\/part3\/3narr6.html\">The Cotton Gin &amp; Slavery<\/a>\u00a0(overview reading)<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/african-americans-many-rivers-to-cross\/video\/the-cotton-economy-and-slavery\/\">The Cotton Economy &amp; Slavery<\/a>\u00a0(3:03)\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/before-cotton-sugar-established-american-reliance-on-slave-labor\">Sugar &amp; Cotton<\/a>\u00a0(7:45; related reading\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2019\/08\/14\/magazine\/sugar-slave-trade-slavery.html\">here<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Timed practice exercise (25)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practice Reading\/Listening (10):\u00a0<em>Beloved<\/em>\u00a0in audiobook &amp; epub format\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Note: For\u00a0<em>Beloved<\/em>, I\u2019m using the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1j7JiYt8puj9PrhH4i8eRH6dOcYD5VUhf\">audiobook sections<\/a>\u00a0to divide up the reading. Each section is about 01:15:00. You can listen to the audiobook and\/or reading the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AVB_I6MgVqVOlezywGq3Y-32y-AtoMiL\/view?usp=sharing\">ePub<\/a>. (And of course, you can purchase the book if you wish.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>While listening, please write down a question you\u2019d like to ask the class.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Practice Discussions (20)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assignment<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Finish reading the syllabus<\/strong>\u00a0to make sure its writing\/reading-intensity is right for you.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Read\/listen, take notes, and be ready for in-class timed exercises &amp; discussions<\/strong><strong>on:\u00a0<\/strong><ul><li>Skim\/review the civil &amp; human rights laws\/policies of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nyu.edu\/about\/policies-guidelines-compliance\/equal-opportunity.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NYU<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www1.nyc.gov\/site\/cchr\/law\/the-law.page\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York City<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ag.ny.gov\/labor\/discriminations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York State<\/a>, and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eeoc.gov\/employers\/small-business\/3-who-protected-employment-discrimination\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">United States<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>New York Times:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2020\/01\/23\/podcasts\/1619-podcast.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1619 podcast, Episode 2<\/a><br>(listen to Ep.2, \u201cThe Economy That Slavery Built,\u201d until the end of Matthew Desmond\u2019s interview at 25:40)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/americas-first-big-business-railroads-slavery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">America\u2019s First Big Business: Not the Railroads, but Slavery<\/a>\u00a0(Part 1) and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/nation\/west-got-rich-modern-capitalism-born\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How The West Got Rich and Modern Capitalism Was Born<\/a>\u00a0(Part 2)<br>(reading, ~30 minutes)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Beloved<\/em>:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Epigraph, Dedication, and Foreward of\u00a0<em>Beloved<\/em>\u00a0(only available in the<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AVB_I6MgVqVOlezywGq3Y-32y-AtoMiL\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AVB_I6MgVqVOlezywGq3Y-32y-AtoMiL\/view?usp=sharing\">\u00a0<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AVB_I6MgVqVOlezywGq3Y-32y-AtoMiL\/view?usp=sharing\">ePub<\/a>\u00a0version)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Beloved<\/em>\u00a0Part I, Section 1, up to \u201cHow fine and loose and free\u201d (~1hr 15 min) in the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1j7JiYt8puj9PrhH4i8eRH6dOcYD5VUhf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">audiobook<\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AVB_I6MgVqVOlezywGq3Y-32y-AtoMiL\/view?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1AVB_I6MgVqVOlezywGq3Y-32y-AtoMiL\/view?usp=sharing\">ePub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>What current technology issues come to mind from your reading? Please find a news item about a relevant technology issue, and add its URL to the 9\/9 tab in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1VzPyC_KbPH2HkFVJmt7jg7mboHGORap1LxelBXWaEHw\/edit?gid=0#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">D&amp;T Share-outs 2024<\/a>.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agenda Assignment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6703","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diversity","category-nyu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6703"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6706,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6703\/revisions\/6706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6703"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6703"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arlduc.org\/senseandscale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6703"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}