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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: From Jim Crow to AI: The History of Anti-Black Surveillance with Journalist Zain Murdock
Description: We’re always being watched. And it’s often with suspicion when you’re Black. In this episode of Black History Year, host Darren and poet & abolitionist journalist Zain Murdock expose how centuries-old tactics — like lantern laws and branding — live in today’s AI policing and data mining. Through personal stories and expert insights, they reveal how so-called “safety” masks control and what fighting Big Brother looks like.
To learn more about Zain’s work, find her at zainmurdock.com.
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