Posts Tagged ‘structural racism’

May11

Kellogg Foundation Launches ‘America Healing’ $75M Initiative Against Structural Racism

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In an unprecedented effort to address the devastating impact of racial inequities on communities across the country, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation today launched a five-year, $75 million initiative – America Healing – that aims to improve life outcomes for vulnerable children and their families by promoting racial healing and eliminating barriers to opportunities. http://www.americahealing.org I [...]

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Apr15

How the Amazon ‘Glitch’ Relates to Structural Discrimination and Racism

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Technologist Mary Hodder discussed yesterday on the blog TechCrunch the ethical issues related to the Amazon ‘glitch’ that removed the rankings of gay content made me think about analogies between the technical causes of the glitch and how unconscious bias can fuel structural racism. Background on the Amazon ‘glitch’ issue from Wikipedia (edited): Users on [...]

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