race and AI fact/opinion

Minstrel shows, also called minstrelsy, emerged in the first half of the 1800s.

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The last thing we need is to condone the modern-day practice of minstrelsy.

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When we think about examples of blatant racism in US history, we often see them as being far removed from our present moment.

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For example, 19th-century scientist Louis Agassiz believed that each race of people represented a distinct species.

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however, in the wrong hands, these disciplines have long been used to justify the existence of racialized bias and violence.

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Rightly, she continues to be celebrated as a hero, and her politics, being, and essence can never truly be captured within an algorithm or data set.

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We don’t need AI interviews with Audre Lorde, Mary Ann Shadd, Marsha P. Johnson, Malcolm X, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, James Baldwin, or other groundbreaking leaders of Black liberation from around the world.

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But racism continues to be one of the most enduring technologies in our world.

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