We're not about to design our way out of a human rights crisis. No matter what IDEO tells ya.
If you're here, you're probably in tech. If you're in tech, you probs have money and/or privilege. Use them.
Weaponised privilege and distribution of $ to causes that know how to use it are literally the minimum we can do. Get started.
An ongoing list of books and articles on race, rights, protests, safety and police misconduct
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Ibram X. Kendi
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Derecka Purnell
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Kristian Williams
Twitter Thread
Content Warning: Graphic Police Violence
@greg_doucette
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Ijeoma Oluo
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Alex S. Vitale
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Melissa Pandika
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Michelle Alexander
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Walter Rodney
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Kim Kelly
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Robin DiAngelo
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AJ Dellinger
I'm currently not looking for paid projects. I'm happy to advise pro-bono with activists and comrades to bring a design-focused perspective to systemic problems, without the saviour complex bullshit that comes with thinking design can solve them on its own.
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