What are data and technology? How do they impact Black lives in our health systems?

Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs.

Computer vision technology has lower accuracy rates for black females

Racism is a systemic issue that pervades every aspect of life in the United States and around the world. In recent months, its corrosive…

Centre for Critical Race and Digital Studies. List of publications, books, reports and videos regarding the intersection of race & digital/data/tech.

Machine learning programs trained with patients’ own reports find problems that doctors miss—especially in Black people. Full study here: https://go.nature.com/3pnOwWP

This year, in honor of Black History Month, the Codecademy Team is celebrating Black leaders that are working to build a more inclusive, more welcoming, and more diverse tech industry. It's important to celebrate Black people in all our roles and diversity. For UK Black History Month (BHM), we're keen to see similar profiling of technologists who want to raise their visibility, so we can celebrate their work.

Discusses harms of racial policing practices, potential effects of data driven technologies & opportunities for activism

Branches of Co-op in the south of England have been using real-time facial recognition cameras to scan shoppers entering stores. § See US based studies on FRT which shows the technology can be unreliable for black people, especially black women.