Location
Main Entry - Personal Name
Title Statement Race after technology : abolitionist tools for the New Jim Code
Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint) Polity, Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : 2019
©2019
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
SAB Classification Code
Physical Description x, 285 pages illustrations 22 cm
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 240-273) and index.
Formatted Contents Note Engineered inequity -- Default discrimination -- Coded exposure -- Technological benevolence -- Retooling solidarity, reimagining justice.
Summary, etc "From 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. Far from a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, Benjamin argues that automation has the potential to hide, speed, and even deepen discrimination, while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to racism of a previous era. Presenting the concept of the New Jim Code, she shows how a range of discriminatory designs encode inequity: by explicitly amplifying racial hierarchies, by ignoring but thereby replicating social divisions, or by aiming to fix racial bias but ultimately doing quite the opposite. Moreover, she makes a compelling case for race itself as a kind of tool a technology designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice that is part of the architecture of everyday life. This illuminating guide into the world of biased bots, altruistic algorithms, and their many entanglements provides conceptual tools to decode tech promises with sociologically informed skepticism. In doing so, it challenges us to question not only the technologies we are sold, but also the ones we manufacture ourselves"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject - Chronological Term
Subject - Topical Term
Subject - Geographic Name
Additional Physical Form Entry Online version: Benjamin, Ruha. Race after technology. Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2019 ISBN 1509526439
ISBN 9781509526406 9781509526390
Waiting
*000 nam a i 4500
*00148585
*00520200731112959.0
*008200731t20192019enka|||||b||||001 0|eng|c
*020 $a9781509526406$q(paperback)
*020 $a9781509526390$q(hardback)
*020 $z9781509526437 (ePub)
*035 $a(OCoLC)on1078415817
*035 $a(SE-LIBR)cp8t1hxw9gfgn3m4
*041 $aeng
*050 0$aHN90.I56
*08200$a303.48/330973$223
*084 $aSOC006000$2bisacsh
*084 $aOab$2kssb/8 (machine generated)
*100 $aBenjamin, Ruha$4aut
*24510$aRace after technology :$babolitionist tools for the New Jim Code /$cRuha Benjamin.
*264 1$aCambridge, UK ;$aMedford, MA :$bPolity,$c2019
*264 4$c©2019
*300 $ax, 285 pages$billustrations$c22 cm
*336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
*337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
*338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
*504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 240-273) and index.
*505 $tEngineered inequity --$tDefault discrimination --$tCoded exposure --$tTechnological benevolence --$tRetooling solidarity, reimagining justice.
*520 $a"From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce white supremacy and deepen social inequity. Far from a sinister story of racist programmers scheming on the dark web, Benjamin argues that automation has the potential to hide, speed, and even deepen discrimination, while appearing neutral and even benevolent when compared to racism of a previous era. Presenting the concept of the New Jim Code, she shows how a range of discriminatory designs encode inequity: by explicitly amplifying racial hierarchies, by ignoring but thereby replicating social divisions, or by aiming to fix racial bias but ultimately doing quite the opposite. Moreover, she makes a compelling case for race itself as a kind of tool a technology designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice that is part of the architecture of everyday life. This illuminating guide into the world of biased bots, altruistic algorithms, and their many entanglements provides conceptual tools to decode tech promises with sociologically informed skepticism. In doing so, it challenges us to question not only the technologies we are sold, but also the ones we manufacture ourselves"--$cProvided by publisher.
*648 7$a2000-2099$2fast
*650 7$aDigitala klyftan$0https://id.kb.se/term/sao/Digitala%20klyftan$2sao
*650 7$aIT-samhället$0https://id.kb.se/term/sao/IT-samh%C3%A4llet$2sao
*650 7$aAfro-amerikaner$0https://id.kb.se/term/sao/Afro-amerikaner$2sao
*650 7$aSociala förhållanden$0https://id.kb.se/term/sao/Sociala%20f%C3%B6rh%C3%A5llanden$2sao
*650 7$aVita$0https://id.kb.se/term/sao/Vita$2sao
*650 0$aDigital divide$zUnited States$y21st century.
*650 0$aInformation technology$xSocial aspects$zUnited States$y21st century.
*650 0$aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions$y21st century.
*650 0$aWhites$zUnited States$xSocial conditions$y21st century.
*650 7$aSOCIAL SCIENCE / Demography.$2bisacsh
*650 7$aRace relations.$2fast
*650 7$aDigital divide.$2fast
*650 7$aDigitale Spaltung$2gnd
*650 7$aMediendienste$2gnd
*650 7$aSoziale Ungleichheit$2gnd
*650 7$aWissenskluft$2gnd
*650 7$aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions.$2fast
*650 7$aInformation technology$xSocial aspects.$2fast
*650 7$aWhites$xSocial conditions.$2fast
*650 0$aWhites
*650 0$aDigital divide
*650 0$aAfrican Americans$0(DLC)sh 85001932
*650 0$aInformation technology - Social aspects
*651 0$aUnited States$xRace relations$xHistory$y21st century.
*651 7$aUnited States.$2fast
*651 7$aUSA$2gnd
*651 7$aFörenta staterna$0https://libris.kb.se/xv8b9vvg52nbbxp#it$2sao
*655 7$aHistory.$2fast
*77608$iOnline version:$aBenjamin, Ruha.$tRace after technology.$dCambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2019$z1509526439
*852 $5Ko$bKo$hBv
*887 $a{"@id":"cp8t1hxw9gfgn3m4","modified":"2020-07-31T11:29:59.703+02:00","checksum":"236307346128"}$2librisxl
*887 $5Ko$a{"@id":"1d6nwm40zzj38p7n","modified":"2020-10-08T10:42:04.564+02:00","checksum":"265620707837"}$2librisxl
^
No reviews exists for this book.
Click here
to be the first to write a review.
From 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. Presenting the concept of the "New Jim Code," she shows how a range of discriminatory designs encode inequity by explicitly amplifying racial hierarchies; by ignoring but thereby replicating social divisions; or by aiming to fix racial bias but ultimately doing quite the opposite. Moreover, she makes a compelling case for race itself as a kind of technology, designed to stratify and sanctify social injustice in the architecture of everyday life.
This illuminating guide provides conceptual tools for decoding tech promises with sociologically informed skepticism. In doing so, it challenges us to question not only the technologies we are sold but also the ones we ourselves manufacture.
Visit the book's free Discussion Guide: www.dropbox.com
Figures p. vi Preface p. ix Introduction p. 1 Engineered Inequity p. 49 Default Discrimination p. 77 Coded Exposure p. 97 Technological Benevolence p. 137 Retooling Solidarity, Reimagining Justice p. 160 Acknowledgments p. 198 Notes p. 202 Appendix p. 235 References p. 240 Index p. 274