Episode 418

Triangulation 418: Ruha Benjamin: Race After Technology - Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

October 18, 20191h 8m

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Show Notes

Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, joins Mikah Sargent to talk about her new book "Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code." They discuss how emerging technologies can reinforce and amplify racial biases and ways we could solve this problem.

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Host: Mikah Sargent

Guest: Ruha Benjamin

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Topics

InterviewRuha BenjaminRace After TechnologyNew Jim Coderacial biasfacial recognitionAlgorithmsWhite supremacysocial inequityraceracializationracial inequalityMikah SargentTWiTTriangulationfireside chatTechnology

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