Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D.

Safiya U. Noble, Ph.D.

 

Book Review in Feminist Formations

Book Review in Feminist Formations

View Citation Reviewed by: Angharad N. Valdivia (bio) Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble. New York: New York University Press, 2018, 227 pp., $89.00 hardcover, $25.20 paper. What happens when you type “black girls...
Financial Times

Financial Times

© Getty Cordelia Fine MARCH 6, 2018 Non-Fiction Coded prejudice: how algorithms fuel injustice Two new books highlight the ways in which technology is hurting minorities and the poor Digital tools are often hailed as transparent and democratising “disrupters”. Two new...
New York Journal of Books

New York Journal of Books

Reviewed by: Robert Fantina In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble clearly explains how search engines, used by billions daily, are not an innocent, neutral vehicle by which to search for information. They are not benign; they are powered by programmers,...