The Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative
The Black Revolution in Data Science has begun
Read More The Atlanta University Center Data Science InitiativeUnderstanding the Ongoing Farmers’ Protest in India
Panchali Kar gives a deep and thoughtful analysis of the on going farmer’s protest taking place in India. The scale od solidarity in the midst of oppression is truly inspiring. by Panchali Kar If we take a close look at the BJP government, we get a clear picture of its thoroughly reactionary stance. Working class […]
Read More Understanding the Ongoing Farmers’ Protest in IndiaEmory University and Reparations
It’s time for Emory University to come to terms with its involvement in Georgia’s slave economy and theft of Indigenous lands.
Read More Emory University and ReparationsComputer Science at HBCUs
Are CS departments at Black Colleges leading the struggle for algorithmic justice?
Read More Computer Science at HBCUsDefying Dixie at the Cotton Lofts
Glenda Gilmore’s Defying Dixie describes the leftist activism that laid the foundation for the subsequent Civil Rights and Movement for Black Lives. Her stories of hit home for many of us — her recounting of the Atlanta Six case at Atlanta’s Fulton Bag and Cotton Mill in particular for me and Atlanta folx. My great […]
Read More Defying Dixie at the Cotton LoftsAffirmative action ( a poem )
A poem to explain affirmative action, like why it’s crucial.
Read More Affirmative action ( a poem )Black In AI 2020 call for papers
The call for papers for the Fourth Black In AI conference is out! Submissions are due on October 2. If you’re not familiar with the Black In AI conference, its primary goal is to promote and sustain the development of Black and African researchers in the data science, machine learning, and AI communities. From the […]
Read More Black In AI 2020 call for papersInjustice at Agnes Scott College
What is Agnes Scott College’s commitment to Black Lives?
Read More Injustice at Agnes Scott CollegeThe Black Computing Community’s call for equity and fairness
Black people in computing and their allies — designers, developers, technical support professionals, bloggers, data scientists, technical writers, on and on — have issued a call for equity and fairness. Read it https://blacksincomputingopenlettercommunity.wordpress.com/ We want computing to stop harming and menacing Black lives. We want equity in computing and not repression. We want justice.
Read More The Black Computing Community’s call for equity and fairnessRacist monuments are slowly crumbling
Slowly, with each passing day, with each gathering of thousands, the physical monuments to white supremacy are coming down. It is too early to tell if the immense institutional structures that erected them — policing, the very U.S. economy, the educational system, the health care system — will also be reborn in the wake of […]
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