BIS 256 A Sp 25: Introduction To African American Studies by Hariir Hariir

Week 4 – MIT Technology Review (Joy Buolamwini)

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:13:10 UTC

This article outlines how Black Americans have been subject to intense surveillance historically. It complements Simone Browne’s “Dark Matters” by connecting her theory of biometric surveillance to practical cases in the U.S.

Week 4 – Simone Browne Interview

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:14:17 UTC

In this interview, Browne expands on her research, including insights on police technology and racial profiling. It gives helpful context to her academic work by showing her thought process.

Week 5 – NYT Kidney Algorithm

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:15:30 UTC

This article profiles Joy Buolamwini’s work exposing racial bias in facial recognition. It supports the course’s critique of race-neutral tech.

Week 5: Race and Technology

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:23:48 UTC

This real-world case illustrates how racially biased algorithms operate in healthcare. It makes clear the life-or-death stakes of algorithmic racism.

Week 6: Black Futurism and Possibility

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:26:26 UTC

This piece gives a strong overview of Afrofuturism and its cultural significance. It helps us connect course readings to art, literature, and science fiction.

Week 6 – Vox on Afrofuturism

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:29:20 UTC

This explainer discusses Black Panther and other media that connect technology with Black liberation. It helps visualize what a decolonial future might look like.

Week 6: Black Futurism and Possibility

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:30:22 UTC

This review of “Parable of the Sower” adds analysis to Butler’s depiction of race, ecology, and collapse, which we discussed in class.

Week 7: Bodies and Data

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:31:30 UTC

Reinforces themes of surveillance and medical racism. It ties into our classroom discussions about whose bodies are made visible or invisible in tech.

Week 7: Bodies and Data

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:32:50 UTC

This article about Black women being under-treated for pain provides a personal and systemic view of healthcare neglect. It supports critical questions about data, trust, and health.

Week 8: Resistance and Decolonization

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:34:51 UTC

A great overview of how Indigenous and other communities are reclaiming and reshaping technology. It pairs well with course discussions on decolonial design.

Week 8: Resistance and Decolonization

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:36:02 UTC

it explains the “Land Back” movement in simple, clear language. It adds a political and historical context to the notion of reclaiming land and rights.

Week 8: Resistance and Decolonization

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:37:09 UTC

Indigenous cartography reframes how we understand space and ownership. This entry supports themes of reimagining knowledge systems.

Week 9: Final Reflections / Cross-topic Synthesis

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:38:33 UTC

it encourages interdisciplinary thinking. The article argues for ethical, critical approaches to tech—something emphasized throughout our course.

Week 9: Final Reflections / Cross-topic Synthesis

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:40:24 UTC

It shows how digital platforms can be used for political resistance and community building. Ties in with themes of activism and tech.

Week 9: Final Reflections / Cross-topic Synthesis

hariirhariir1 — 2025-05-26 05:41:36 UTC

so it offers the policy recommendations and an academic summary of racial bias in AI. It gives concrete tools to imagine better tech futures.