Benjamin, Ruha

Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

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ISBN 13:
9781509526390
author:
Benjamin, Ruha
format:
Hardback
publisher:
Polity Press
language:
English
Publication Year:
2019
Pages:
172
Dimensions:
22.6 x 13.7 x 2.7 centimetres (0
Genre:
Nonfiction, Social Sciences, Race Relations,
Condition:
New
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£46.85

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Ruha Benjamin's "Race After Technology" cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity. Automation is not just a sinister story, but also has the potential to hide, speed up, and deepen discrimination. Benjamin argues that discriminatory designs encode inequity by amplifying racial hierarchies, ignoring social divisions, or aiming to fix bias but ultimately doing the opposite. She presents the concept of the "New Jim Code," which shows how technology can stratify and sanctify social injustice in everyday life. This guide provides conceptual tools for decoding tech promises with sociological skepticism. By questioning not only the technologies we are sold but also the ones we manufacture, Benjamin challenges us to think critically about the impact of emerging technologies on society.

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