AFRAM 360 Spr22

Question 1

Started in 1869, this archive provides historical documents that offer a "fresh interpretation of the nation's history"

Accepted Answer

Southern Historical Collection

Question 2

What does Dr. Noble mean when she refers to keywords in Algorithms of Oppression?

Accepted Answer

The terms you type into the search bar in Google

Question 3

What describes digital decisions that reinforce oppressive social relationships and enact new modes of racial profiling?

Accepted Answer

Technological Redlining

Question 4

On the other hand, how does Sutherland suggest images of black death are used in communities of color?

Accepted Answer

Part of a socially networked system of bearing witness + producing evidence

Question 5

According to Dr. Safiya Noble, why is hiring hiring black girls to address the "pipeline issue" insufficient?

Accepted Answer

Focus on labor of girls rather than employment practices and product design

Question 6

An example of internet racial disparities is more images of white people than black people when searching "bail bonds"

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT one of the forms of data mining discrimination discussed by Barocas and Selbst?

Accepted Answer

Algorithms that erase data older than 6 months

Question 8

Which of the following did Evans NOT discuss as a challenge to collection development?

Accepted Answer

Materials were used as insulation in new buildings

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT one of the questions Hadley says we must ask about data algorithms?

Accepted Answer

How can we more efficiently organize information?

Question 10

White social media users are only half as likely to see posts on social media as being about race relations

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the core values of neoliberalism

Accepted Answer

Collective endeavor

Question 12

What describes algorithmically driven data failures specific to people of color + women that perpetuate racism + sexism?

Accepted Answer

Algorithmic Oppression

Question 13

What is the purpose of Archives for Black Lives?

Accepted Answer

To collect and preserve accounts of police violence

Question 14

Which term best describes leadership or dominance, especially by one country or social group over others

Accepted Answer

Hegemony

Question 15

According to Emily Hadley, roughly what percent of data scientists identify as Black?

Accepted Answer

3%

Question 16

Which of the following is an example Dr. Noble gives of discriminatory "glitches" on Google?

Accepted Answer

Searching "doctor" and getting images of mostly White men

Question 17

According to Anderson and Hitlin, which of the following is one of the most popular hashtags on Black Twitter?

Accepted Answer

#Ferguson

Question 18

The mix and stir approach actively includes black girls in shaping company practices and designs

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

What is data mining?

Accepted Answer

Sorting through large data sets to identify patterns and predict outcomes

Question 20

According to Tonia Sutherland, how are the visual records of black death used?

Accepted Answer

As a means of power/control, a reminder to be ever-vigilant and in fear

Question 21

What does API stand for?

Accepted Answer

Application Program Interface

Question 22

Once keywords are identified, variations on theses words are created through what are called long tail keywords.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Evans also discussed which of the following solutions the difficulty of preserving information?

Accepted Answer

Creating oral traditions to preserve and pass along info, ex: songs/sermons

Question 24

Data and algorithms have been used to perpetuate racism.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 25

Most documents detailing African American history disappeared because few people saw the value of keeping them.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

According to Meredith Evans, which of the following is the biggest challenge in digitizing African American collections?

Accepted Answer

Permission and acknowledgment of copyright restraints

Question 27

What term refers to a site or page's visibility on the internet?

Accepted Answer

Search Engine Optimization

Question 28

Which of the following is happening with Black Twitter?

Accepted Answer

A meta-network where when personal communities and thematic notes intersect

Question 29

Name the advertising system Google developed to help businesses reach online target markets

Accepted Answer

Adwords

Question 30

What term describes the illegal restriction of services in certain areas of a community?

Accepted Answer

Redlining

Question 31

In digital spaces, ritual practices of bearing witness have been appropriated to reinforce systems of white supremacy

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

What is the mix and stir approach to tech?

Accepted Answer

Hire more black girls to diversify the industry

Question 33

What refers to the value assigned a website that determines the order in which the search engine results are presented?

Accepted Answer

Page Rank

Question 34

Which of the following best describes the political ideology of neoliberalism?

Accepted Answer

Favors less government spending and increased free market capitalism

Question 35

According to Jerrett M Drake, how did Archive for Black Lives start?

Accepted Answer

As a Twitter hashtag

Question 36

Which term describes the right to protect your online data in the EU, especially when removing personal information?

Accepted Answer

The Right to Be Forgotten

AFRAM 360 Spr22

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AFRAM 360 Spr22

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