Race after Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

Created: 2025-05-19

Updated: 2025-08-31

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In Brief

Benjamin argues that tools for automation often appear neutral or even benevolent while their discriminatory designs encode and exacerbate preexisting structural inequalities.

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Race after Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code | OpenLibrary
By: Ruha Benjamin
Started: 2025-08-25
Finished: 2025-08-31
Amount read: 285 of 285 pages

Progress: 285 pages

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