I’m gonna be honest I don’t read the most mentally stimulating books, as evidenced by scrolling this feed but books like #algorithmsofopression by #safiyaumojanoble reminds me I should.

I was asking my mom a question the other day and my 4 year old niece just yelled at me to just google it. In the age of computers, search engines help us grapple with the world and what’s going on it. It makes sense that we should really delve into and understand how the information we are given impact us and informs our understandings.

Noble really puts into perspective that though we think of google and search engines as a public space searches are in fact biases greatly impacting and further marginalizing women, people of color and disenfranchised communities.

This idea seems pretty common sensical but when Noble really breaks down her argument I first thought man this is how systemic inequalities are ingrained in our society and then came the anger.

The book was pretty accessible to readers who are not in academia. I honestly spent some time googling different things to really analyze the content and information I was being feed

Stay woke! As a woman of color I’m really tired of being on guard defending who I am from so many misrepresentation of my being.

Thanks #netgalley for providing me a copy of this book for my honest review.

Rating:📚📚📚📚/4

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I've been anticipating this book for a LONG time, and it did not disappoint. Safiya Noble has written an outstanding, provocative, piercing analysis of the hidden ways search engines influence what information we see (and don't see). This should be required reading for anyone working in the information professions.

An interesting study on how algorithms and search engines aren't as neutral and unbiased as they first appear, and how that impacts our understandings of race and gender in the 21st century.

Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble deconstructs the myth of online democracy with this brilliant illustration of how white male supremacy has adapted its course to the ever expanding reaches of the internet!