The Long Civil Rights Movement (LCRM) had a big impact on the 1930s. In Jennifer Ritterhouse’s ” Discovering the South: One Man’s Travels Through a Changing America in the 1930s. “. She does a great job describing the LCRM. In this introduction, she mentions Jacquelyn Dowd Hall. She “outlined a LCRM framework that is longer, broader and deeper.” 1. The Long Civil Rights movements in several ways. It took root in structural changes and political possibilities of the last 1930s. These changes accelerated during World War two, as well as stretching far beyond the South. It was also reshaped by the Cold War and was continuously and extremely contested. There are many Algorithm critics and they have many reasons to be critics. As Louise Matsakis’ says in the article “What does a fair algorithm look like” he mentions many downsides. For example, “algorithms can be sexist, racist and perpetuate other structural inequalities found in society. “2. However, algorithms are not under any obligation to explain themselves. This causes much other bias. Many machine experts, technology companies, and event governments have called for more fairness and transparency in algorithms. As scholars have mentioned, many people struggle to agree on what constitutes a fair explanation for these algorithms. Matsaki also mentions that even lawmakers have not been able to decide what rights citizens should have when it comes to transparency in algorithmic decision-making. Another reason algorithms do not seem to be fair is because they offer more achievable resources to wealthier people, younger and people, and men. Therefore, women, elders, and people who make less money have fewer options for resources. Matsaki gives a great example of this. He says “A woman might need to lose far more weight for a health care AI to offer her a lower premium rate than a man would. We could participate better in digital media by creating a simple understanding for everyone. Many people do not think about certain codes for algorithms, just the particular reasons for the decision. In my opinion, if people were educated on this topic than they could become more involved in digital media. I had trouble finding connections between WPA-era activists and contemporary digital activists. I can say that the activists are both passionate about what they are or were trying to achieve. WPA’s main goal was to employ job-seekers and carry out public works projects. While digital activism focuses more on the internet and digital media as key platforms for mass mobilization and political action. They do both have a connection to the political side of things but other than that since they occurred at times it is complicated to find several key connections.
Ritterhouse, Jennifer. “INTRODUCTION: The Same Journey, Writ Small, That the United States Was On.” In Discovering the South: One Man’s Travels through a Changing America in the 1930s, 1-19. CHAPEL HILL: University of North Carolina Press, 2017. http://www.jstor.org.mutex.gmu.edu/stable/10.5149/9781469630953_ritterhouse.4.
Louise Matsakis’, “What does a Fair Algorithm Actually Look Like”, accessed October 10, 2019, https://www.wired.com/story/what-does-a-fair-algorithm-look-like/?
- Ritterhouse, Jennifer, Discovering the South: One Man’s Travels Through a Changing America in the 1930s. (University of North Carolina Press,2017),1-19.
- Louise Matsakis’, “What does a Fair Algorithm Actually Look Like”, accessed October 10, 2019, https://www.wired.com/story/what-does-a-fair-algorithm-look-like/?GuidesLearnMore.
