In the beginning of his “This is the Voice of Algeria,” Fanon Franz writes, “we propose in this chapter to study the new attitudes adopted by the Algerian people in the course of the fight for liberation, with respect to the precise technical instrument: the radio.” If Fanon had read Ruha Benjamin’s 2019 work on Race After Technology, how do you think he would interpret the role of new media technologies, particularly the role of algorithm in promoting racial hierarchies, in 21st century modern life?
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