Julia Rhodes Davis Julia Rhodes Davis

Being White on Juneteenth

“I woke up thinking about Juneteenth and my place in it. I feel a familiar uneasiness about my own culpability, the ways in which I perpetuate harm and further the legacy of my enslaving ancestors (and the many more who were complicit in maintaining the status quo). But more so, I feel connected to the grief that sits at the base of my solar plexus, pressing insistently between my lungs and my heart; an unexpressed sob for a different future than the one we seem to be headed for.”

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Published today with AI Now Institute

As leading technology companies have grown exponentially over the last decade, so too have concerns about their outsized impact on our economy and democracy. How to regulate these firms has emerged as a key policy question of our time.

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Julia Rhodes Davis Julia Rhodes Davis

Advancing Racial Equity through Technology Policy

As leading technology companies have grown exponentially over the last decade, so too have concerns about their outsized impact on our economy and democracy, and how to regulate these firms has emerged as a key policy question of our time. This is the executive summary of a forthcoming research publication.

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Julia Rhodes Davis Julia Rhodes Davis

White Work

Introductory personal essay exploring my longing for a world where whiteness is not defined by domination, violence, and supremacy—and the responsibility to acknowledge and repair the harm caused by white supremacist systems devised by my ancestors. This essay focuses on the emotional journey that shaped my calling to do this work.

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