Race after Technology

Ruha Benjamin

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Author
Ruha Benjamin
Publish Date
2019-06-24
Book Type
Paperback
Publisher Name
Polity
Subject
African American Studies
Subtitle
Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
Number of Pages
285
Edition
1
ISBN-10
1509526404
ISBN-13
9781509526406
SKU
9781509526406

Description

"Cutting through tech-industry hype, this book explores how emerging technologies reinforce white supremacy. Conceptualizing the "New Jim Code," Benjamin shows how discriminatory designs can encode inequity and also makes a case for race itself as a kind of tool designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice"--