This Juneteenth: Meet Black entrepreneurs, explore tech's diversity problems, and more

PLUS: What we get wrong about "people of color", how algorithms struggle with Black faces, and Covid disparities. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 06.19.20   CORONAVIRUS Covid-19 Is Killing Black People Unequally—Don't Be Surprised BY EMMA GREY ELLIS The coronavirus pandemic is further exposing a gulf in the health statistics of white and black Americans that has existed for decades.   LANGUAGE What We Get Wrong About 'People of Color' BY JASON PARHAM The phrase turns a plural into a singular, an action that betrays all the ways we have come to understand contemporary identity.   PHOTOGRAPHY 3 Black Photographers on Capturing the George Floyd Protests BY LAURYN HILL Lynsey Weatherspoon, Alexis Hunley, and Darrel Hunter capture the narrative and moral identity of black protesters in an era of misinformation and surveillance.   What Atlanta Can Teach Tech About Cultivating Black Talent BY LATOYA PETERSON The city is rich in opportunity for African Americans, who are largely underrepresented in the industry. It's also poised to become a hotbed for AI innovation.   STARTUPS Black Investors Call on VCs to Fix Hiring and Funding BY ARIELLE PARDES Mentoring and networking advice aren't enough to solve the industry's dismal diversity numbers, say business leaders: Firms need to "Make the hire. Send the wire."   LONGREAD How Black Lives Matter Uses Social Media to Fight the Power BY BIJAN STEPHEN Technology has revolutionized how the civil rights movement can respond to racism and police brutality.   WORDS AND DEEDS Tech Companies Denounce Racism. Will Silicon Valley Change? BY AARIAN MARSHALL The killing of George Floyd elicited corporate outrage, and some donations. But well-intentioned rhetoric has not always been followed by meaningful action.   DATA DIVE Police Shootings May Be Causing Black Infants Long-Term Harm BY SARA HARRISON By looking at data on millions of births, a researcher shows how violence against unarmed Black men might cause acute stress on pregnancies.   POOR VISION The Best Algorithms Still Struggle to Recognize Black Faces BY TOM SIMONITE US government tests find even top-performing facial recognition systems misidentify black people at rates 5 to 10 times higher than they do white people.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or Manage your newsletter subscriptions