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-- Nate Plutzik, Freelancer for NPR, in article "So, Only White Men Can Be Game Designers?"

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    Noire Digerati is a technology organization that focuses on fostering the development, visibility, and inclusion of African-American digital natives in technology, game design, mobile computing, and interactive media beyond consumption.

    NoireDigerati.com is the premier content hub for African Americans in the technology industry, pursuing technology and computer science related degrees, and or aspiring to enter the technology field or get their degree in technology. We also highlight news, programs and innovative projects that have been implemented to spark minority interest in computer science and close the second-level digital divide, which is the skills divide.

    GOAL

    Our goal is to be a catalyst in diversifying the technology, gaming, mobile, and interactive media spaces. Also, through the site, our goal is to be the premier content hub for specifically African Americans [and other minorities as well] as it relates to technology jobs, careers, networking events, and education.

    MISSION

    Noire Digerati seeks to:

    • Encourage and provide avenues for African-American digital natives to become designers and developers of technology and not just consumers.
    • Work with industry, and community partners to leverage resources and expand career opportunities in the digital space for African-American digital natives.
    • Implement innovative solutions that assist in bridging the different digital inequalities that hinder African-American digital natives from entering the technology, gaming, and interactive media industries.
    • Spark the interest of more African-American digital natives in computing fields whether in education, the corporate world, and or as tech entrepreneurs.

    Our approach to accomplishing our mission and goal is through applying an evolving concept started at Stanford University called persuasive technology.

    "Persuading people through technology is the next social revolution. Facebook demonstrates just how powerful it will be."

    BJ Fogg, Stanford University Persuasive Technology Lab

    STATISTICS (Why is this important?)

    • African-Americans represent 13% of the US population, yet earn less than 5% of graduate degrees in computer science.
    • In 2008, [only] 2.8% of African American women held a computer-related occupation.
    • African-American women represent 4.8% of the graduate enrollment in computer science, yet they represent 7% of the US population. 

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