Database Systems
Discuss why diversity and inclusion are important in the field of computer and information sciences. Find one group currently working on this (e.g. Women in Tech, AI4All, Girls Who Code, Black Girls Code, Latino STEM Alliance, ..) and discuss their work further. Do your best to include a source from the past five years and one which is from a scholarly source (e.g. ACM, IEEE, ..)
 
Instructions:  Your response to the initial question should be  250-300 words.  Next respond to two postings provided by your classmates. The first post should be made by Wednesday 11:59 p.m., EST. I am looking for active engagement in the discussion.  Please engage early and often. You are require to create your initial thread in order to view and respond to the threads posted by other students.  There must be at least one APA formatted reference (and APA in-text citation) to support the thoughts in the post as needed.  Do not use direct quotes, rather rephrase the author’s words and continue to use in-text citations.
 
Textbook
 
Title: Fundamentals of Database Systems
 
ISBN: 10: 0-13-397077-9.
 
Authors: Ramez Elmasri and Shankant B. Navathe
 
Publisher: Pearson Company
 
Publication Date: (2016)
 
Edition: 7 Edition