American as Apple Pie: How Racism Gets Baked into Technology

Function with Anil Dash by Vox Media Podcast Network

Oct 23, 201960:37Technology

Anil speaks with Dr. Ruha Benjamin, Associate Professor in the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University and author of Race After Technology, about design discrimination. They discuss how systemic ra...

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