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February 26, 2005

Guide to Black and Hispanic Women in Web Design

Web developer Tiffany Brown is putting together a guide to black and Hispanic women in web design in response to the choice of speakers on a SxSWI panel Where Are the Women of Web Design?, which includes three women and one man.

Panel organizer Molly Holzschlag said in regards to who she invited to be on the panel, "I had a very difficult time finding an African-American or Hispanic woman who has skills in web design / blogging to join us."

Kudos to Tiffany for making it easier, who also writes:

I’m not saying this panel had to include a black or Hispanic woman. But since [the panel organizer] brought up the diversity point, and specifically said it was “very difficult” I have to take Ms. Holzschlag to task. It’s hard for me to believe that it was so much harder to find one of ‘us’ than it was to find a 50-something woman in the industry.

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