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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: Digitizing Black Realities with Alton Glass
Description: Today's History Story: Why Do Some People Think Black People Can Fly?Advancements in technology touch every aspect of life. Immersive technologies that were once only imagined in science fiction are now giving people the ability to suspend reality and create entire worlds in virtual space. It sounds like something from an Octavia Butler novel and, true to the genre, it raises ethical questions on advanced technology’s social, political, and cultural impact on humanity and Black life.To explore these ideas, we’re sitting down with Alton Glass. He is a film...