More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech

by Meredith Broussard

Book Overview

When technology reinforces inequality, it's not just a glitch-it's a signal that we need to redesign our systems to create a more equitable world. The word "glitch" implies an incidental error, as easy to patch up as it is to identify. But what if racism, sexism, and ableism aren't just bugs in mostly functional machinery-what if they're coded into the system itself? In the vein of heavy hitters such as Safiya Umoja Noble, Cathy O'Neil, and Ruha Benjamin,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262047659
• ISBN13: 9780262047654
• Release Date: March 2023
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"