163: Cause A Scene with Kim Crayton

January 1st, 2020 · 1 hr 4 mins

About this Episode

01:24 - Kim’s Superpower: Being a Black Woman in Tech with a Strategy and a Platform.

02:21 - Continuously Validating Your Space as a Black Woman

  • Technical vs. Technology
  • Kamala Harris Suspending Her Campaign
  • Inclusion, Diversity, and Business Strategy

08:10 - The System was Built to Harm and Oppress Black Women

15:42 - The Only Power Black People Have is the Power Whiteness Has Given Them

  • Capitalism, Communism, Marxism, Socialism are Theories Rooted in White Supremacy

21:24 - White Feminism is Bullsh*t

  • White Women are Now the Default Diversity in Tech

25:50 - Being a Strategist

  • Influencing Small to Medium Sized Business
  • Making Meaningful Impactful Change in Tech

33:15 - #causeascene

35:41 - Price Asymmetry

36:48 - Kim’s Six-Step Process

40:15 - Stop Looking for Simple Solutions to Complex Problems

  • Defining Racism Beyond the Dictionary Definition

44:29 - Future of Jobs Report from World Economic Forum

45:55 - Strategies for Developing Your Other Technical Skills

48:15 - Bounded Rationality

  • Facts Change, Truth Remains the Same
  • Collaboration Over Competition

52:10 - Can We Have Antiracist Capitalism?

01:00:59 - Defining Racism

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