{"id":819,"date":"2018-08-05T09:45:23","date_gmt":"2018-08-05T09:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/achangeiscoming.net\/?p=819"},"modified":"2018-08-05T09:45:23","modified_gmt":"2018-08-05T09:45:23","slug":"save-tech-listentoblackwomen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/2024.thenexus.today\/index.php\/2018\/08\/05\/save-tech-listentoblackwomen\/","title":{"rendered":"To Save Tech, #ListentoBlackWomen"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Community voting<\/a> for the 2019 SXSW conference begins today, so I wanted to let people know about To Save Tech, #ListentoBlackWomen <\/a><\/strong>, a panel proposal by Shireen Mitchell of Stop Online Violence Against Women, Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble of USC (author of the excellent Algorithms of Oppression<\/em>), and me.<\/p>\n

Here’s the description<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The disinformation, hacking, harassment, recruiting to extremist causes that we saw online during the 2016 elections highlight patterns Black women have long called attention to. So do the algorithmic biases of search algorithms, facial recognition software, and ad targeting; and the woefully inadequate responses of big tech companies including their tendency to look to AI as a magic tech solution. Listening to Black women is a path for the tech industry to get beyond its history of aiding hate, racists, sexists, nativists, and anti-LGBTQ+ bigots, and move in the direction of justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion within the industry.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Please check out our proposal on the SXSW site<\/strong><\/a>. <\/strong>If you like it, here\u2019s how you can support it:<\/p>\n