A database built by Cambridge Analytica, the Republican-aligned firm that unraveled over allegations of improper use of Facebook data, disproportionately…
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Focus Tag: African-American Studies
Black Media-Makers and the Fierce Urgency of Now
September 22, 2020
A symposium on the powerful contributions of Black media-makers in this moment organized by Sarah J. Jackson, featuring Gene Demby, Maori…
Ethics of Big Data Symposium: Race, Representation & Justice | Marquette University
September 21, 2020
As we look at the events of 2020, we cannot ignore how issues of race, representation, and justice intersect with…
Viral Justice: Pandemics, Policing, and Portals with Ruha Benjamin | The Carr Center for Human Rights | Harvard Kennedy School
July 13, 2020
Join us for a conversation with Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Panelists: Ruha Benjamin…
Canaries in the Coal Mine: COVID-19 Misinformation and Black Communities | Shorenstein Center
by Brandi Collins-Dexter
June 25, 2020
The Black community online is awash in medical misinformation about the coronavirus pandemic. Even as Black people are disproportionately dying…
We Should Seriously Consider Segregating the Web | WIRED
by Jason Parham
December 17, 2019
The days of June 1996 were honeyed with promise. In San Francisco's SoMa district, electronic music animated a loft dance…
Safiya Noble
February 11, 2019
Sarah J. Jackson
February 11, 2019