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Upper Hand dives into the nuanced challenges Black and brown communities have faced in finding their pathway into the new economy by way of technology access, skill development, and opportunity. Data journalist and author, Sherrell Dorsey, follows the thread of her grandfather's story, growing up in the Jim Crow south, his migration to Seattle, and how he leveraged a job in technology to lay the foundation for his family's economic future. She speaks with technologists, business owners, and provides a glimpse of Seattle's historic landscape of Black ownership in contrast to the building and development of a tech city that decidedly left its most vulnerable communities out. The short film accompanies Dorsey's memoir and resource guide, Upper Hand: The Future of Work for the Rest of Us available wherever books are sold.