Race after technology : abolitionist tools for the New Jim Code / Ruha Benjamin.

"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. Far from a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, Benjamin argues that automation has the...

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Main Author: Benjamin, Ruha (Author)
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2019.
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Physical Description:x, 285 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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