Musings on technology and justice
Map: 1,500 people killed during interactions with police in the 9 months since the killing of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Data from Fatal … U.S. Police Can’t Stop Killing For anyone holding in to the delusion that a new administration would mean the end of the on going war on Black life, a […]
Read More U.S. Police Can’t Stop KillingThe Black Revolution in Data Science has begun
Read More The Atlanta University Center Data Science InitiativePanchali 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 IndiaIt’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 ReparationsAre CS departments at Black Colleges leading the struggle for algorithmic justice?
Read More Computer Science at HBCUsGlenda 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 LoftsA poem to explain affirmative action, like why it’s crucial.
Read More Affirmative action ( a poem )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 papersWhat is Agnes Scott College’s commitment to Black Lives?
Read More Injustice at Agnes Scott CollegeBlack 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 fairness