After reading de la Peña’s “The History of Technology, the Resistance of Archives, and the Whiteness of Race” and Marijan’s “Algorithms Are Not Impartial” in the Required Learning Resource, please do the following:
1. Explain three factors or issues that contribute to race often being omitted in research on the history of technology.
2. Explain one factor or issue that contributes to race being omitted in algorithmic calculations.
3. Choose one of the solutions that either of these authors proposes to the problem they outline. Do you think that the author’s proposed solution can be effective? Why or why not?
4. Discuss one other roadblock, factor or issue you think can come up in trying to address race and technology in historical research or algorithmic calculations.
