Race After Technology
By Ruha Benjamin, associate professor of African American studies
Published Sept. 25, 2019
In Race After Technology (Polity), African American studies professor Benjamin introduces the “New Jim Code”: subtle technologies which enforce or enhance racial inequality. One common thread among the many examples is historic and discriminatory data being used to back algorithms that predict undesirable behavior.
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