Stephen Wilcox
“If I can change, anyone can.”
In this episode we hear how our NWG went from growing up in a homogenous white religious community in Provo Utah, to waking up and becoming active in social justice marches in his small town and volunteering to help youth of color learn to code.
*Just a heads up, we discuss challenging topics here, especially around race. Some of the stories may be triggering for some folks to hear.
Stephen Wilcox lives in Red Lodge, Montana, with his partner and cat. He works remotely as a software engineer.
His favorite food is: Drunken Noodles
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Stephen talks about growing up “poor” and white. Here is some background on the demographics of poverty in the U.S. from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Stephen mentions a well-known study about labor market discrimination. Here’s a link to that study published by Marianne Bertrand and Sendhi Mullainathan in the American Economic Review.
Stephen offers his time and talent to help young people of color learn to code. Here’s an article describing black and brown tech workers experience of racism on the job.
Demographics of white vs People of Color in tech and computer programming
2020 People of Color in Tech Report addressing the lack of diversity in the tech industry
