Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code — The Myth of Neutral Tech

What happens when technologies advertised as neutral tools inherit the racial patterns of the society that builds them?Welcome to Crisis in Perception, where we examine the systems shaping our world.Using Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Ruha Benjamin as the lens, this episode investigates how automated systems can reproduce racial hierarchy while appearing objective, efficient, progressive, or benevolent.Benjamin’s work challenges the idea that technology simply removes human bias from decision-making. Instead, algorithms, databases, predictive systems, facial recognition tools, search engines, and automated scoring systems can encode social histories into technical infrastructure. When institutions rely on these systems, discrimination can become harder to see and easier to scale.This Deep Dive examines the New Jim Code, algorithmic bias, predictive policing, coded exposure, technical fixes, institutional outsourcing, and the structural tension between efficiency and accountability.📺 Watch the Deep Dive on YouTube:https://youtu.be/ASWXlxuDpPU❤️ Support / Episode Post on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/CrisisinPerception/posts/race-after-tools-163760939?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_linkIf these ideas resonate, consider reading the work yourself or borrowing it from your local library. Supporting authors and libraries helps keep critical inquiry accessible.If you value systems-level analysis like this, please follow, rate, and share the project.This content was created using AI-assisted tools for research synthesis, structuring, and narration support. All analysis, framing, and editorial decisions are guided by human judgment as part of the Crisis in Perception project.