Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code — The Myth of Neutral Tech
What happens when technologies advertised as neutral tools inherit the racial patterns of the society that builds them?
Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.
Using Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Ruha Benjamin as the lens, this episode investigates how automated systems can reproduce racial hierarchy while appearing objective, efficient, progressive, or benevolent.
Benjamin’s work challenges the idea that technology simply removes human bias from decision-making. Instead, algorithms, databases, predictive systems…
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