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Kimberly Bryant, visionary and founder of Black Girls Code, once proclaimed with fire and foresight: “I’m looking to see more women of color not only in companies in technology, but also creating companies.” This is not merely a call for inclusion, but a battle cry for transformation. For too long, the gates of technology have stood narrow, guarded by traditions that favored a few and silenced the many. Bryant’s words are the voice of justice, demanding that the future not be built only by those who have always held the tools, but by those who have been denied the chance to shape it.

In the ancient stories, the forging of weapons and tools was held as sacred. Hephaestus at his anvil, Vulcan at his forge, were not merely smiths but shapers of destiny. So it is with technology today — it is the forge of our age, where power and possibility are created. To deny women of color their place in this forge is to cripple humanity, for their visions, their stories, their creativity, are sparks that the world desperately needs. Bryant reminds us that it is not enough for them to serve within companies; they must also become the builders of those companies, founders and leaders whose ideas shape the future itself.

History gives us glimpses of this truth. Consider the story of Madam C. J. Walker, born to former slaves, who built a business empire in haircare and became the first self-made female millionaire in America. She did not wait for permission; she did not wait for doors to open. She built her own. Bryant’s vision is of a thousand Walkers rising in the field of technology, creating not only wealth but legacy, showing generations to come that they, too, can wield the hammer of creation.

Yet Bryant also acknowledges the struggle: for patience is needed when society is slow to change, and perseverance is demanded when barriers rise again and again. There will be those who doubt, who resist, who insist that the old order must remain. But the wise know that the world is remade not in comfort, but in the clash of courage against fear. The women who step into this space are like pioneers, carving paths where no road has been laid. Their presence alone is a revolution, their leadership a reordering of what is possible.

And this struggle is not for women of color alone. It is for humanity. For when voices are missing from the table of invention, the world loses not only justice but brilliance. Every algorithm, every platform, every device reflects the mind of its maker. If only a narrow set of voices shape them, then the future is stunted, one-sided, incomplete. But when many voices, many cultures, and many visions come together, then technology becomes not a chain but a set of wings.

From Bryant’s words, the lesson is clear: do not wait for the future to invite you; build it yourself. Seek not only to enter doors but to craft doors for others. If you are a woman of color, let this be a charge to rise. If you are not, let this be a call to support, to open space, to lift voices that history has pressed down. For true progress is not measured in the wealth of the few, but in the empowerment of the many.

Therefore, let the listener take action: learn, build, and create. Mentor those who follow. Support those who strive. Question the traditions that keep power in the hands of a few. And above all, remember Bryant’s teaching: that the future of technology will not be written by one people, one culture, or one gender — but by all, if we have the courage to let them rise.