It's a waterfall: at each stage of the process by which the innovation workforce is built, being Black and being female is a powerful disadvantage at making it through the filter and proceeding to the next stage: Lisa Cook and Jan Gerso: The Implications of U.S. Gender and Racial Disparities in Income and Wealth Inequality at Each Stage of the Innovation Process: "Gender and racial disparities exist at each stage of the innovation process, from education to training, and from the practice of invention to the commercialization of invention, and can be costly to the U.S. economy. These disparities can also lead to increased income and wealth inequalities at each stage for those who would otherwise participate in the innovation economy. Let’s look at each stage to assess this problem in further detail...
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