Silicon Valley Pain Index: White Supremacy and Income/Wealth Inequality

Posted by San Jose State University on July 7, 2020

SJSU Human Rights Institute has released the Silicon Valley Pain Index: White Supremacy and Income/Wealth Inequality. You can download the full report here: https://www.sjsu.edu/hri/policy-and-praxis/index.php.

You can also view the San Jose Mercury news story on the pain index (https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/06/23/silicon-valley-pain-index-shows-white-supremacy-prevalent-across-institutions/), as well this NBC Bay Area news clip (https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/sjsu-study-shows-silicon-valleys-stunning-income-wealth-divide/2314397/).

Each year, the SJSU Human Rights Institute will be releasing the Silicon Valley Pain Index, with the HRI faculty and students focusing research on the various institutions highlighted. The goal is to monitor the various institutions discussed in the index in order to see which institutions are making progress, and which are not.

Clearly, the Silicon Valley Pain Index shows we need transformational change in all our institutions. Yes, we need bold and transformational change to the police, but the pain index shows that this same type of transformational change is necessary in ALL of our institutions and systems if Silicon Valley is to live up to the promise of being a multi-ethnic, multi-racial democracy, where there is equality, freedom, and justice for all.

Please feel free to share this report widely. If you have any questions, or would like to talk about the Silicon Valley Pain Index, please contact Dr. Scott Myers-Lipton, Ph.D., Professor, Sociology, San José State University, smlipton@gmail.com, www.myers-lipton.com.