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1. What does racism in technology mean?

2. Anti-Blackness hurts everyone. "Speech recognition technologies ... make almost twice as many errors when transcribing African American voices as they do with white American voices" (Gordon, 2020). List 1 example of anti-Blackness in technology. How does it negatively impact other users who are not Black or non-Black people of color?

3. Anti-racism helps everyone. Fenty Beauty Shade Finder by Rihanna (Links to an external site.) is an example of anti-racist design that benefits more than Black clients and the site provides advice beyond helping clients find the right makeup for their skin tone. Take a look at this site, then list 1 other example of anti-racism in technology (You can use the existing readings and videos or provide an example from your experience or the internet). How does it benefit groups of people in addition to Black users?

4. Using any of the tags (#blindspot, #privilege, #bias, #positionality, #intersectionality), please post to the discussion to answer the following question:

What are blind spots that I might have?