Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

(Part of the Race, Migration & Demography Series)

by Ruha Benjamin

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From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity.

Benjamin argues that automation, far from being a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to the racism of a previous...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1509526404

ISBN13:9781509526406

Release Date:June 2019

Publisher:Polity Press

Length:172 Pages

Weight:0.94 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"

Related Subjects

Discrimination Race Social Justice Non-Fiction Computers Computers & Technology Engineering Social Science Social Sciences Technology

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