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How Tech Can Help—or Harm—Racial Justice

How Tech Can Help—or Harm—Racial Justice

FromA Word … with Jason Johnson


How Tech Can Help—or Harm—Racial Justice

FromA Word … with Jason Johnson

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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Oct 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

From Ferguson to Minneapolis, protests against racist policing have been catalyzed by videos of the brutality being spread on social media. On today’s A Word, Jason Johnson sits down with Dr. Ruha Benjamin to talk about her book, Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want, and where social sciences and technology intersect. 

Guest: Ruha Benjamin

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Released:
Oct 14, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

America doesn’t need another conversation about race. At least, not the kind we’ve been having ... the ones that are sparked by a crisis and move quickly from shock, to empty promises, to forgetting. No. What America needs are REAL conversations about race … ones that shine a light on the facts, the history, and the reality of how race plays out in our politics and society. That’s what Slate offers each week on A Word With Jason Johnson. A veteran political commentator, Johnson will bring his incisive wit to thoughtful discussions with leaders, journalists and other change-makers who will tell the truth about America’s challenges around race, and ideas on the way forward.