There is a diversity crisis in the tech industry: a homogeneous group of technologists builds solutions for our diverse population. This lack of diversity yields biased technology products that, at best, don’t serve everyone and, at worst, actively harm marginalized groups. This panel of distinguished Black women will discuss the intersectional oppression prevalent in the technology industry and how the voices and work of Black women are imperative in moving us in a more ethical, inclusive direction.
This event is part of an ongoing lecture series "The Future is Intersectional: Black Women Interrogating Technology," organized by the Spelman College Center of Excellence for Minority Women in STEM, in collaboration with the Atlanta University Center Data Science Initiative, UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry, and Mozilla.
The session is also being streamed live at:
YouTube: https://youtu.be/9f0ukTzx0Qw
AirMo: http://mzl.la/black-women-disrupting-2021-03-15
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Meredith is an associate professor at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute of New York University and author of the award-winning book Artificial Unintelligence: How Computers Misunderstand the World.
Aerica Shimizu Banks is a tech policy expert and inclusion
innovator.
Lolade is the Founder of NOIR Labs, a social
enterprise using art, technology, and community building to
inspire and operationalize Black Liberation worldwide.
Co-founder and CEO, Edlyft, a paid support platform helping college students and adult learners through CS courses, pairing them with inclusive mentors, online group tutoring and personalized study tools.