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" Although we use a lot of technology and consume a lot of technology as people of color, we're usually not the ones at the tables doing the creating of it. "

Kimberly Bryant

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" I think that if companies build for diversity from the beginning from the ground up, that's definitely the ideal state for how to build diversity into your company. "

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