This paper examines computer science education as a set of saturated sites of violence — spaces where the everyday experiences of marginalized students are shaped by intersecting structures of racism, sexism, and exclusion.
Drawing on Black feminist thought, the authors name and analyze the harms that students of color, and Black women in particular, navigate within computing classrooms and departments. The work argues that broadening participation in computing requires more than recruitment: it demands a reckoning with the conditions that make these spaces unsafe.
The paper offers a framework for educators and researchers to recognize these sites of violence and to begin designing learning environments rooted in care, accountability, and justice.
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