Course Schedule
Schedule may change due to unforeseen events.
- Week 1
- Water No Get Enemy: Intro, Syllabus, House Rules, Course Expectations
- Week 2
- Say It Loud: I'm Black and I'm Proud: Identity, Race, Ethnicity
- Brown Skin Girl: Gender, Sexuality
- Week 3
- Four Women: Intersectionality, Class
- Everybody Loves the Sunshine: Ability, Religion
- Week 4
- Land of the Free: Slavery, White Privilege, White Supremacy, Racism
- Mississippi Goddam: Anti-XX Racism, Xenophobia
- Week 5
- U.N.I.T.Y.: Classism, Sexism, Misogny, Misogynoir
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler): Homophobia, Transphobia, Ableism, Ageism, Religious Discrimination
- Week 6
- Fight the Power: The Movements (Part I): Suffrage, Civil Rights, Feminist, #MeToo, Black Lives Matter
- Talkin Bout a Revolution: The Movements (Part II): Stonewall, United Farm Workers, Dreamers, Disability Rights
- Week 7
- DNA: Cultural Competence, Ethics, Allies/Advocates/Activists/Co-conspirators, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
- Don’t Touch My Hair: Policy-13th Amendment, 19th Amendment, 15th Amendment (Voting Rights Act), DACA, American Disabilities Act, Crown Act
- Week 8
- NO CLASS: March 9
- HELLA BLACK: What Does This Have to Do with Computing?
- Week 9
- This is America: Quiet Crisis, Digital Divide, Machine Learning vs. Artificial Intelligence
- Nina: Facial Recognition Software
- Week 10
- Lockdown: Surveillance Tech
- Sound of da Police: Predictive Policing, Recidivism/Bail Software
- Week 11
- Can't Knock the Hustle: Search Algorithms/ChatBots, Job/FinTech Applications
- Is It Because I’m Black: Healthcare Software and Voice Recognition Technology
- Week 12
- Wake Up Everybody: Tech Impacting People with Disabilities and LGBTQ+ Communities
- Shook Ones, Pt. II: Fairness, Accountability, and Transparency (FAT)/Policy
- Week 13
- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised: Presentations
- Optimistic: Presentations
- Week 14
- Umi Says: Presentations
- Lovely Day: Now What? Course Wrap-Up