"...you see it within the first two years in the tech world that you’re just being consumed as a pillar of knowledge instead of a pillar of greatness."

Tech product decisions result in the constant alienation of diverse users.

Handling of online abuse often leads to *further* oppression of marginalized voices.

"We run Mvslim like a startup. This means we are always experimenting and figuring out how to make the whole project more efficient. It’s a learning process that never stops for both of us."

What does it mean for the future of AI when technology mirrors the sensibilities of a dominant group?

Why is it so difficult for some readers and filmgoers to imagine that space, the dystopian or utopian future, or dragon/elf inhabited lands... might have Black people in them?

Even though consequences are necessary to address the racism in technology, we have built a culture that refuses accountability.

The most marginalized groups deserve as much access, resources and social capital in aid against harassment as white victims.

I look around and I see my friends building technologies that make life easier for abusers. I am overwhelmingly sad thinking of all the people whose lives have been made orders of magnitude more hellish carrying ever-connected computers on their bodies.

In a society where equitable access to jobs, housing, and financial services is still threatened by racist discrimination, crowdfunding is a tool that has helped marginalized communities deal with the impact of economic violence.