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A Word: How Tech Can Help—or Harm—Racial Justice

Oct 14, 202230 min
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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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