Do you have any white supremacist-related web searches?
I’m referring to any probe performed via Google.
Recent research from the University of Minnesota suggests that Googling can be a great way to avoid rubbing elbows with racists.
The school’s Libraries page offers extensive instruction on “Conducting Research Through an Antiracism Lens.”
“This guide was developed,” the manual begins, “in response to librarians fielding multiple requests from UMN researchers looking to incorporate antiracism into their research practices.”
Antiracism, as you likely know, doesn’t mean being anti…racism.
Rather, it’s an ideology positioning whiteness as a problem and all nonwhites at the peril of paltry pigmentation.
Courtesy of UCLA Law Professor Kimberlé Crenshaw:
Being antiracist for whites is a result of their development as racial individuals. It is important for them to acknowledge their privilege and work towards changing their own internalized racism. They also need to interrupt the racism they observe. This means that people of color must recognize the ways in which racism has been internalized.
According to the Smithsonian,
Being antiracist for whites is a result of their development as racial individuals. It is important for them to acknowledge their privilege and work towards changing their internalized racism. They also need to interrupt the racism they observe. This means that people of color must recognize the ways in which racism has been internalized.
University of Minnesota claims Critical Race Theory’s cutting down on discrimination, but there’s more woke to do:
Research through antiracism lenses is an ongoing and long-term process. It must be considered in the context of a multifaceted system that oppresses individuals and groups in multiple ways. Certain disciplines (mainly those in social and the humanities) have been able to reduce racism with a deeper understanding of Critical Race Theory. However, other disciplines have not.
A Table of Contents is a unique feature of the handbook.
Whiteness gets wiped twice, while objectivity is fed once.
- In primary research, decenter whiteness
- Secondary research: Decenter whiteness
- Recognize the fact that data can be biased
- Acknowledge that scholarly publishing is racist
- Recognize the fact that search algorithms can be racist
- Recognize that library cataloging systems can be racist
Next, we move to #5
Google’s proprietary algorithm (e.g. Google) is customized for users. However, there are no transparency and it can be difficult to see why search results differ from one person to another. If you don’t know how to search for specific information, it is possible that you might be missing vital information. This problem can be fixed.
Hence, you must “use inclusive search terminology on topics of racism.”
The 411 website Realität racism — instead of what used to pass for it — the missive recommends employing contemporary keywords such as “BIPOC” (Black, Indigenous, and People Of Color).
Otherwise, you’re probably not getting to the hateful heart of the matter.
Search engines are racist. The Library of Congress is also racist.
When incorporating antiracism into research, it’s important to acknowledge the context in which information has been shared through library systems. Dewey Decimal, Library of Congress and other smaller, discipline-specific cataloging methods were developed in an antiracist and white-centered environment. The Library of Congress’ classification system is based upon existing collections and U.S. publishing output. This “literary warrant,” as it is termed, is a reflection of the white male dominance of American culture and publishing since its founding.
Given all I’ve gleaned from articles on colleges and universities, I think we should maybe just shut the whole thing down.
The world is more than education.
Everything is subjective if I get it right.
That last part is — it should be made clear — objective.
For now, if we can only shutter secondary ed, maybe that’s a start. My vote is for communities softball to be reclaimed by colleges.
But for those who don’t reckon society’s reached Strike Three, if you’d like to search for information, U of M has a few useful tricks.
For one, “Recruit BIPOC people and communities for inclusion in studies.”
Also, “Search for BIPOC scholars.”
Lastly, here’s an acronym to make things easier:
Assess whether you research is WEIRD
Because the research was done with WEIRD societies (Western, Educated. Industrialized. Rich. Democratic), most of it isn’t representative of majority populations. While WEIRD is a method for behavioral research that takes into account socioeconomic, cultural and environmental factors, it has been criticised for not acknowledging the values of whiteness and its research methods, which do not include race or ethnicity. It also does not address diversification in contexts and samples.
You’re good to go.
Follow the university’s antiracist instructions, and whatever else occurs, at least you’ll know you aren’t WEIRD.
Back to Google, it’s a shame they couldn’t keep from being KKK-ish; the company was really trying hard to go the other way:
Google Trains Employees on What Leads to ‘Genocide’: Trump, Ben Shapiro and ‘All Lives Matter’ https://t.co/yAeZB6A6xA
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