X Tech: Dr. Safiya Noble & Brotha C, Incarcerated Coder

We are taught that tech conquers human bias. But it actually can just mechanize the biases of the people who program it. As the punishment industry relies more on tech, how will it affect our communities? We go in with Dr. Safiya Noble, MacArthur Genius Grant winner, tech abolitionist and author of Algorithms Of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, as well as Brotha C, an incarcerated coder from a community being gentrified by tech. Check out our episode notes below for links to resources and some of the other points discussed in this episode. Socials @safiyanoble @vicmensa @indigomateo @richiereseda ============== Check out Dr. Safiya Noble’s book Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, and find out the many reasons she is a recipient of a 2021 MacArthur Genius Grant. Follow the work of digital architect and influential tech leader Iddris Sandu. Read about the controversy surrounding Simone Biles’ 2020 Vogue cover. Find out more about how the PATTERN risk assessment tool was found to have bias against incarcerated Black people and Brown people. Read about how Big Tech is rapidly gentrifying the Bay Area. Check out ProPublica’s in-depth reporting on how COMPAS software used all over the U.S. by courts and prisons was found to be biased. See the work the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative is doing to help protect digital privacy and dignity online. Read Dr. Noble’s article in The Cut about Meghan Markle’s lawsuit against The Daily Mail, and how her story speaks to how Black women face a unique type of online attacks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices