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TECHNOLOGY

The Metaverse Scares Me – How To Make The Next Iteration Of The Internet Inclusive

I’m a Black woman and the metaverse scares me – here’s how to make the next iteration of the internet inclusive. Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies. For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets to see what content or how images are interpreted suffer from racial and gender biases. People who have multiple marginalized identities, such as being Black and disabled, are even more at risk than those with a single marginalized identity. This is why when Mark Zuckerberg laid out his vision for the metaverse – a network of virtual environments in which many people can interact with one another and digital objects – and said that it will touch every product the company builds, I was scared. As a researche...

Make Today’s Classrooms More Inclusive – How Lessons From Segregated Schools Can Help

Sara Schley, Rochester Institute of Technology and Lissa Ramirez-Stapleton, California State University, Northridge The intent of school desegregation is clear: Black and white children should attend the same schools, and Black children should not be relegated to inferior buildings, learning materials and extracurricular activities. While separate-but-equal is no longer legal, the reality is that today many Black children do not experience inclusive public school education. Inclusive education not only responds to the needs, interests and backgrounds of Black children, but it also incorporates diverse learning – such as not teaching predominantly white history. As scholars of inclusive education, particularly for Black and deaf students, we believe public schools need to do much more to...

Is Your College Trans-Inclusive – Here’s How You Can Tell

High school can be especially challenging for the 2%-3% of U.S. teens who identify as transgender, or trans. They disproportionately experience harassment and victimization by their peers and rejection by family members. Entering an affirming and inclusive college environment can help set trans youth on a path of personal, academic and professional success. A trans-affirming college can also be transformative for trans students who did not feel comfortable being out in high school, as well as those who do not begin to explore their gender identity until college. My research with 507 trans and gender-nonconforming students – 75% undergraduate, 25% graduate – examined which college policies and supports trans students most valued. I also looked at how these policies created a sense of bel...