Safiya Umoja Noble Quotes

“Where men shape technology, they shape it to the exclusion of women, especially Black women.”
― Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

“If Google isn’t responsible for its algorithm, then who is?”
― Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

“From claims of Twitter’s racist trolling that drives people from its platform to charges that Airbnb’s owners openly discriminate against African Americans who rent their homes to racial profiling at Apple stores in Australia and Snapchat’s racist filters, there is no shortage of projects to take on in sophisticated ways by people far more qualified than untrained computer engineers, whom, through no fault of their own, are underexposed to the critical thinking and learning about history and culture afforded by the social sciences and humanities in most colleges of engineering nationwide. The lack of a diverse and critically minded workforce on issues of race and gender in Silicon Valley impacts its intellectual output.”
― Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

“Rather than prioritize the dominant narratives, Internet search platforms and technology companies could allow for greater expression and serve as a democratizing tool for the public.”
― Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

“The near-ubiquitous use of algorithmically driven software, both visible and invisible to everyday people, demands a closer inspection of what values are prioritized in such automated decision-making systems.”
― Safiya Umoja Noble, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism