Raechel Anne Jolie is an educator, writer, and media maker. Her work focuses on radical left politics, healing justice, queer identity, pop culture, and more.
Replacing racist judges with algorithm-driven Risk Assessment Tools doesn’t change the racial bias of bail decisions, however “objective” or “neutral” their advocates claim these data tools to be. To understand why, you have to consider the history and stubborn persistence of racism in our culture.
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