Pandemics and Systemic Discrimination: technology-facilitated Violence and Abuse in an Era of COVID-19 and Antiracist Protest

Jane Bailey,Nicola Henry,Asher Flynn

doi:10.1108/978-1-83982-848-520211057

Abstract

Pandemics and Systemic Discrimination: technology-facilitated Violence and Abuse in an Era of COVID-19 and Antiracist Protest

Highlights

The worst and the best of humanity are being graphically showcased on a daily basis as we prepare this manuscript for submission
The global COVID-19 pandemic and renewed focus on racist police and civilian violence following the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor1 in the United States (US) are ongoing reminders of the lasting and profound social inequalities that plague our global communities
We deeply appreciate their stalwart efforts and perseverance, which made this international, intersectional, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary collection happen, notwithstanding the fact that the odds were stacked against it. We say this not because we believe in this project and because we believe that these pandemics of both disease and racist violence render ever more obvious, the deep entanglement between our technologies and ourselves in ways that make the diverse perspectives and experiences of technology-facilitated violence and abuse (TFVA) featured in this book more important than ever

Summary

Introduction

The worst and the best of humanity are being graphically showcased on a daily basis as we prepare this manuscript for submission. The global COVID-19 pandemic and renewed focus on racist police and civilian violence following the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor1 in the United States (US) are ongoing reminders of the lasting and profound social inequalities that plague our global communities.

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