[hrpc] Report from UN SR on racism

Mallory Knodel <mknodel@cdt.org> Fri, 17 July 2020 13:59 UTC

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Subject: [hrpc] Report from UN SR on racism
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Hi all,

In a report just released by the UN, the Special Rapporteur on 
contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and 
related intolerance, E. Tendayi Achiume, she says on page 2:

> "The public perception of technology tends to be that it is inherently 
> neutral and objective. But technology is never neutral – it reflects 
> the values and interests of those who influence its design and use, 
> and is fundamentally shaped by the same structures of inequality that 
> operate in society."
>
You can read the rest of the report: 
https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Racism/SR/HCR44_Statement_15_July_2020.pdf

Highly relevant for draft-political.

-Mallory

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Mallory Knodel
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