Racist Webcam
Racist Webcam is an in-your-face visualization of implicit racial bias and colorism. It is also a subversive argument against technologies developed without considerations of implications. The project is inspired by Ekene Ijeoma’s Ethnic Filter, Joy Buolamwini’s research “Gender Shades: Intersectional…
Racist Webcam is an in-your-face visualization of implicit racial bias and colorism. It is also a subversive argument against technologies developed without considerations of implications. The project is inspired by Ekene Ijeoma’s Ethnic Filter, Joy Buolamwini’s research “Gender Shades: Intersectional Accuracy Disparities in Commercial Gender Classification” and Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble’s talk “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism” at Data & Society.
