Today I spent 4 hours I completed my reading of Stuck in the Shallow End: Education, Race and Computing. The book enlightened me on the many ways inequities persist in our schools as it relates to computer science in particular and education in general. As a computer professional for over 20 years my question has always been: Where is the diversity? This book helps me to understand how the pathway for Blacks and Latinos to enter these fields are not as open as one would think. My take on the book takes me back to my understanding of social conditioning and politics that I learned when I was reading Black History from scholars such as Cheik Anta Diop, John Henrik Clark and others. Once you dig beneath the surface the reasons are the same. The question is what do we do about it? Margolis leaves me with a great question and that is: Are they schools where computer science instruction is going well for latinos and blacks? What are the ingredients for success? Let us locate the success stories. Are they schools where students of color are excelling in computer science?

This week I am still reading:

Margolis, J. (2008). Stuck in the shallow end education, race, and computing. Cambridge, MA: The MIT P.

I hope to finish it this weekend and begin to mine some of the sources as well as get back to searching for other articles.