Afrofuturism reminds us that Black culture in much of the world is a remix culture, and liberation emerges from the recombination between our artistic and political ambitions, and whatever tools are at our disposal. (From 2020)
to articulate the perils of technology-driven policing. As racism is a character in the story, the essay highlights the interaction between modern technology and the unethical trappings of modern policing. It might only have been artful or symbolic, but her essay became much more prescient following theof Julian-Borchak Williams, in the first high-profile instance of a mistaken arrest resulting from an error in an algorithm.
Purely pessimistic takes on the future are unsatisfying because of their poverty. That the racists will win in the long run is a reasonable prediction, but we need more. How will this happen? What will the resistance actually look like? History works like science fiction: We want to know who did what and why they did it, even if we know who wins in the end.
In Covid-19, the Afrofuturist calls on us to think about the use of technology to ameliorate the effects of the pandemic. Yes, a vaccine is the best public health hope.
movements are strikingly Afrofuturist: They utilize existing technology to amplify their signal and build coalitions. Even more, the use of cameras on mobile phones to record acts of violence is also Afrofuturist. Even though the cameras weren’tto fuel civil disobedience, we wouldn’t be having discussions about how to dismantle corrupt systems in law enforcement without them.
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