Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin examines how modern technologies encode racial biases, creating a new Jim Code that sustains inequality. Offering abolitionist tools for resistance, the book critiques algorithmic discrimination and advocates for equitable tech design to foster justice in society.
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Race After Technology explores how contemporary technological innovations perpetuate racial inequalities, framing them as a 'new Jim Code' that encodes discrimination into algorithms and systems.
Ruha Benjamin, a leading scholar, provides abolitionist tools to critique and resist these biased structures, drawing on interdisciplinary perspectives to highlight their societal impacts.
The book calls for collective action to redesign technology in ways that promote racial justice and dismantle oppressive frameworks.
Through rigorous analysis, it reveals the intersections of race, power, and innovation in our digital age.
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