Race after Technology Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code

The red line tells us that only one of these phenomena, underserved and overserved, is legitimate while the other is a mistake, a myth (Figure 1.3). But power is, if anything, relational. If someone is experiencing the underside of an unjust system, others, then, are experiencing its upside. If employers are passing up your job application because they associate negative qualities with your name, then there are more jobs available for more appealing candidates. If, however, we do not have a word to describe these excess jobs, power dynamics are harder to discuss, much less intervene in. If you try this exercise today, your spellcheck is likely to recognize both words, which reminds us that it is possible to change technical systems so that they do not obscure or distort our understanding and experience of social systems