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11-15-2023 Vague Directions Lead to Racism in Tech Says Acclaimed Sociologist in Her Latest Work

11-15-2023 Vague Directions Lead to Racism in Tech Says Acclaimed Sociologist in Her Latest Work

PLUS: Twitter / X Ignores Hate Speech: Report

Lisa D. Sparks
November 15, 2023

Today’s Top 5 News Stories in Tech, Race, and Gender

1/ Sociologist Turns a Critical Eye on How Vagueness in Tech Workspaces Leads to Racism

Adia Harvey Wingfield Is Investigating How “Gray Areas” Perpetuate Racism at Work—and Telling Us What We Can Do About It

www.newamerica.org/better-life-lab/blog/adia-harvey-wingfield-gray-areas-perpetuate-racism-at-work

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“For many Black workers today, racism is not a relic of the past,” writes sociologist Adia Harvey Wingfield in her newly released book, Gray Areas: How the Way We Work Perpetuates Racism and What We Can Do to Fix It. “It is not tangential. It is a core part of the Black experience, front and center in ways that elude even the most well-meaning white co-workers.”

Source: New America

2/ White-Only Data Set Leads to Questions Around Humanity of Black and Brown People

White faces generated by AI are more convincing than photos, finds survey

Photographs were seen as less realistic than computer images but there was no difference with pictures of people of colour

www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/nov/13/white-faces-generated-by-ai-are-more-convincing-than-photos-finds-survey

3/ More Details of Recent Findings Around Racism and Sexism in Tech

Addressing the gender gap in tech | Virgin

Addressing the gender gap in tech: new research from the Fawcett Society and Virgin Media O2 finds women are locked out of the sector

www.virgin.com/branson-family/holly-branson-blog/addressing-the-gender-gap-in-tech

4/ Twitter / X Ignores Hate Speech: Report

X is leaving up antisemitic and Islamophobic hate, new report shows | TechCrunch

In new research, extremism researchers find that X takes a lax approach to moderating antisemitic and Islamophobic content.

techcrunch.com/2023/11/14/x-is-leaving-up-antisemitic-and-islamophobia-hate-new-report-shows

5/ ️Layoffs Still Loom Large - Online Retailer Chewy Laid Off 200-Plus Employees This Month

A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs | TechCrunch

Here you’ll find a complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2023.

techcrunch.com/2023/11/14/tech-layoffs-2023-list

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