9B: Science, Technology, and the Future of African Americans

Question 1

What does Chapter 9 say about the misuse of science and medicine?

Accepted Answer

It often reinforced racial inequalities

Question 2

According to Chapter 9, what makes digital pedagogy liberatory? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

It questions who designs technology and why, It encourages students to create, not just consume

Question 3

Which examples reflect digital redlining? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

EdTech tools that ignore cultural context, Limited broadband investment in Black neighborhoods

Question 4

Which of the following are reasons techno-racism is harder to detect than traditional racism? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

It's embedded in algorithms and invisible systems, It operates through systems people are taught to trust

Question 5

Why are digitized tools like eBlack Studies important?

Accepted Answer

They build digital literacy and empower students

Question 6

What critical question does techno-racism raise about innovation?

Accepted Answer

Who benefits and who is excluded when new technologies are created?

Question 7

Which phrase best reflects the overall message of our group’s presentation?

Accepted Answer

Real equity means seeing how race, power, and tech are connected.

Question 8

Why is facial recognition technology considered techno-racist? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

It can lead to wrongful arrests and over-policing, It misidentitfies Black individuals at higher rates

Question 9

Why is the assumption that "technology is neutral" dangerous, according to your group's presentation?

Accepted Answer

It ignores how bias can be coded into algorithms, It hides the role of power in tech design

Question 10

According to Stewart & Anderson (Ch. 9), what is the primary function of culturally responsive pedagogy?

Accepted Answer

Connect learning to students’ lived experiences

Question 11

What modern form of racism is tied to driving while Black?

Accepted Answer

Surveillance technology

Question 12

What deeper issue does techno-racism reveal about how technologies are developed?

Accepted Answer

They often reinforce existing biases embedded in datasets

Question 13

What do Afrofuturism and culturally responsive pedegogy have in common as tools of resistance?

Accepted Answer

They center Black imagination to disrupt dominant narratives, They challenge mainstream ideas of whose kenowledge matters

Question 14

Why is digital resistance effective? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

It turns technology into a tool for social change, It ampifies voices often erased by mainstream media

Question 15

What does culturally responsive pedegogy validate?

Accepted Answer

Students' identities

Question 16

What project helps close the digital divide?

Accepted Answer

eBlack studies

Question 17

What do Afrocentric schools emphasize?

Accepted Answer

African heritage and identity

Question 18

Why does your group argue that access alone doesn’t guarantee digital equity? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

Without cultural relevance, tech reproduces inequality, Algorithmic bias can still shape experiences

Question 19

What is the main idea that connected both articles on education inequality?

Accepted Answer

culturally centered schools provide hope but systemic inequality persists.

Question 20

What did delegates create at the 1991 summit?

Accepted Answer

Principles of Environmental Justice

Question 21

What did the CBS News Article mentioned in the presentation reveal?

Accepted Answer

Majority-Black districts are severely underfunded

Question 22

According to our presentation, what must be true for digital access to lead to real equity? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

Students must engage with culturally relevant content, Structural racism must be acknowledged and addressed

Question 23

What term describes racialized police stops?

Accepted Answer

Driving while Black

Question 24

How does Afrofuturism challenge dominant cultural narratives?

Accepted Answer

It envisions Black futures through speculative art and science

Question 25

Why does education inequality persist beyond funding?

Accepted Answer

Curriculum lacks cultural relevance

Question 26

What makes digital cultural production empowering for Black creators? (Select all that apply)

Accepted Answer

It allows bypassing traditional gatekeepers, It enables storytelling from marginalized perspectives

Question 27

What does Stewart and Anderson say about tech in schools?

Accepted Answer

Tech must be monitored to avoid reinforcing disparities

Question 28

Which of the following best defines “techno-racism” as discussed in Faith Kairimi’s article?

Accepted Answer

Biased code and infrastructure that reinforce systemic racism

Question 29

Who emphasizes Black-centered design and architecture?

Accepted Answer

Adam Banks, Melvin Mitchell

Question 30

What does Stewart & Anderson say about Black youth and digital media use?

Accepted Answer

They use it to navigate and resist oppression

9B: Science, Technology, and the Future of African Americans

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9B: Science, Technology, and the Future of African Americans

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