Category: diversity

Social media looks like a winning weapon against stereotypes

Twenty-seven female engineers at Tesla are among those who have picked up on the #ILookLikeAnEngiineer hashtag
Twenty-seven female engineers at Tesla are among those who have picked up on the #ILookLikeAnEngiineer hashtag

First there was #ILookLikeAnEngineer — a hashtag launched nearly two weeks ago in response to a call to action by San Francisco-area engineer Isis Anchalee. Anchalee took to Medium to talk about how her appearance in a recruitment ad for her employer generated responses along the line of, “You don’t look like an engineer” — because she’s not male and not white. Continue reading “Social media looks like a winning weapon against stereotypes”