Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Binding:Paperback the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney

the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution

memorable experiences

Greek and Roman myths felt as dusty and foreign as ancient ruins

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at just sixteen years old

Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code Binding:Paperback the Guyanese intellectual Walter RodneyFrom 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 era.