Good morning. If you're in the United States, happy Indigenous Peoples’ Day.
Did you know that only 1 in 5 high schools on Native American reservations offers computer science? (The national average is nearly 3 in 5.)
What’s more, just 0.02% of total venture capital invested goes to folks who identify as Native, even though they’re 3% of the U.S. population. (To put that in perspective: Black women, who account for 7.8% of the nation, receive 0.39% percent of VC dollars…and they’re not exactly cheering about it.)
Much progress made, far more to go. The news below. —Andrew Nusca
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