WE PRODUCE CUTTING EDGE RESEARCH THAT ILLUMINATES HOW
race, ethnicity, and identity shape and are shaped by digital technologies
We aim to ensure that the technologies we design and build strengthen democracy, reduce inequality and discrimination, minimize disparate harms, expand opportunity, and provide the means to empower communities of color.
THE LATEST FROM CR+DS
A PEOPLE’S GUIDE TO FINDING ALGORITHMIC BIAS
A centralized resource for understanding, identifying, and measuring algorithmic bias.
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Pioneers
Discover who is at the forefront of algorithmic bias and justice.
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Identify Bias
Get hands-on practice for identifying bias using the current state-of-the-art detection and debiasing tools.
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Resources
A database of texts, organizations, projects, and media to guide your learning journey.
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Take Action
Learn how you can join the fight for inclusive tech workplaces.
About CR+DS
The Center for Critical Race and Digital Studies (CR+DS) is a network of prominent, public scholars of color who produce research, distribute knowledge, and convene stakeholders at the intersections of race and technology. Our affiliates include social scientists, artists, computer scientists, cultural critics, lawyers, policymakers, ethicists, journalists who understand digital media technology manifest racialized power relationships throughout our societies.
We produce cutting edge research that illuminate how race, ethnicity and identity shape and are shaped by the design, deployment and use of digital technology applications and platforms, and how these technologies structure power to impact communities of color. We mobilize our collective knowledge, expertise, and life experiences as scholars of color to inform and engage the public and influence the public agenda.
WHO IS IN THE CR+DS NETWORK • PEOPLE
We educate, engage and consult with current and future digital technology designers, developers, data scientists, content producers and researchers working in industry, government and academia about issues such as: race and culturally conscious design, data collection and use, and technology transfer and implementation practices in and with respect to underrepresented communities.
Report Launch
Report Launch
— A one-year study of online targeted advertisements —
The report highlights important questions and considerations regarding how online targeted ads uphold, produce, and recreate racially discriminatory infrastructures within everyday life.