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Abstract | ||
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The human-computer interaction community has made some efforts toward racial diversity, but the outcomes remain meager. We introduce critical race theory and adapt it for HCI to lay a theoretical basis for race-conscious efforts, both in research and within our community. Building on the theory's original tenets, we argue that racism is pervasive in everyday socio-technical systems; that the HCI community is prone to "interest convergence", where concessions to inclusion require benefits to those in power; and that the neoliberal underpinnings of the technology industry itself propagate racism. Critical race theory uses storytelling as a means to upend deep-seated assumptions, and we relate several personal stories to highlight ongoing problems of race in HCI. The implications: all HCI research must be attuned to issues of race; participation of underrepresented minorities must be sought in all of our activities; and as a community, we cannot become comfortable while racial disparities exist.
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Year | DOI | Venue |
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2020 | 10.1145/3313831.3376392 | CHI '20: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Honolulu
HI
USA
April, 2020 |
DocType | ISBN | Citations |
Conference | 978-1-4503-6708-0 | 6 |
PageRank | References | Authors |
0.43 | 31 | 4 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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| Ihudiya Finda Ogbonnaya-Ogburu | 1 | 6 | 1.79 |
| Angela Smith | 2 | 8 | 2.54 |
| Alexandra To | 3 | 15 | 3.10 |
| Kentaro Toyama | 4 | 4296 | 347.17 |