[Libs-Or] Please join us at Reed for Black Celebration Month speaker Safiya Noble

[daniel kelley]

Hello,

I learned a lot from Dr Noble's talk at LC and some ensuing discussions. I
would encourage people to attend as well.  We are lucky to have her speak
her again in Portland.

cordially,

Dan Kelley

Head Librarian
The International School

"Think before you speak.  Read before you think."     - Fran Lebowitz

The International School
025 SW Sherman Street
Portland OR 97201



On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 6:39 PM Nicholas Schiller <infoliberty at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Dr. Noble is a fabulous speaker. If y'all missed her when Lewis and Clark
> invited her to present the Sherrer Lecture a few years ago, please don't
> miss this opportunity now.
>
> Nicholas
>
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2020 at 12:58 AM Dena Hutto <dhutto at reed.edu> wrote:
>
>> Reed College Library is co-sponsoring this event next week .... please
>> join us! -- Dena
>>
>> Black Celebration Month: Algorithms of Oppression
>> *Join us February 20th, 2020 at 6:30pm *
>>
>> As part of Black Celebration Month, Reed College presents Dr. Safiya
>> Noble, best-selling author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines
>> Reinforce Racism. Dr. Noble will discuss data discrimination and show how
>> search engines like Google use a biased set of search algorithms that
>> privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of color, specifically
>> women of color. Event is free and open to the public.
>>
>> In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that
>> search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of
>> ideas, identities, and activities. Data discrimination is a real social
>> problem; Noble argues that the combination of private interests in
>> promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly status of a relatively
>> small number of Internet search engines, leads to a biased set of search
>> algorithms that privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of
>> color, specifically women of color.
>>
>>
>>
>> https://events.reed.edu/event/black_celebration_month_algorithms_of_oppression#.XjIL7RNKhQI
>>
>> --
>> Dena Hutto
>> Norman F. Carrigg College Librarian
>> Reed College
>> 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd.
>> Portland, OR  97202
>> Office: (503) 777-7572
>>
>>
>>
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