Technology with Postmodern Ethics

Photo: A copy of “Race After Technology,” courtesy of Daniel Mootz By Daniel Mootz A report published in Science (vol. 366) on Oct. 25, 2019, revealed alarming racial disparities in a cost-based (proxy) algorithm “widely used” by healthcare providers. Dr. Zaid Obermeyer and his colleagues found that “the choice of convenient, seemingly effective proxies for ground truth can be […]

Evergreen’s Equity Symposium:

The Paradox of Race

Photo: Equity Symposium Event Coordinators pose for photo booth picture by Britt Pierro Workshop by Carolyn Prouty, Article by Allegra Simpkins Carolyn Prouty told her audience that “there is no biological marker, or indicator, to differentiate race,” during her lecture last Friday at Evergreen’s annual Equity Symposium. Her workshop, entitled The Paradox of Race, dove into the world of misunderstanding and misinformation regarding […]

Evergreen’s Equity Symposium:

The Social Construction of AZN

Photo: Amira Caluya’s Equity Symposium presentation by Britt Pierro Workshop by Amira Caluya, Article by Miette Deschenes “There is no monolithic Asian American experience.” This was one of the most prominent messages of The Social Construction of AZN, a workshop that was held Friday morning during the Equity Symposium. The workshop was hosted by Amira Caluya, Trans & Queer Center coordinator at […]

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Pulp Fiction Blows, Actually

Photo: “Uma Thurman playing Mia in Pulp Fiction (1994)” by Davide Moroni is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 By Alice McIntyre On Oct. 13 of 1994, one Demian Parker reviewed what he called “the motherfucking movie of the decade,” Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, in the pages of the Cooper Point Journal.  25 years […]

Life After the Intellectual Dark Web

Photo: “Dr. Jordan Peterson delivering a lecture at the University of Toronto in 2017” by Adam Jacobs is licensed under CC BY 2.0 By Daniel Mootz Professors have always paved the way for discussion—for debate, doubt, and dialogics. It is what makes them invaluable to the learning process. They assert, assess, […]