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Dismantling Bias: Toward Ethical and Inclusive Health Innovation

NonProfit Quarterly

Some innovations—which were deployed without the rigorous testing needed to assess their viability and safety—have also posed a more universal threat to the public. But the institutions that drive innovation —including government, industry, philanthropic foundations, and universities—should exercise discretion in how they fulfill this need.

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Facial Recognition Technology’s Enduring Threat to Civil Liberties

NonProfit Quarterly

The same report—which investigated disparities among several racial and ethnic groups, men, and women—revealed that false matches for mugshots were highest for Black women. A 2019 report from a government study found “false positives to be between 2 and 5 times higher in women than men.”

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Rest: A Middle Finger to Oppression, a Road Map to Justice by Shawn Ginwright

NonProfit Quarterly

Researchers have found that the duration, quality, and frequency of rest in general and sleep in particular are shaped by income level, housing conditions, employment status, type of work, and race. Rest and race are intertwined, and it all boils down to who has the right to rest and under what conditions rest and leisure should be granted.

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Movement Economies: Building an Economics Rooted in Movement

NonProfit Quarterly

11 Nor are the economic data any more encouraging when one measures inequality by race. Until quite recently, many economic justice movement organizations were “race neutral” in their approach. 21 In other words, until quite recently, it was considered politically smart for economic justice groups to avoid talking about race.