Author: Rod Graham
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Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Conversation 3 – Black in Silicon Valley
In this interview I talk to Makinde Adeagbo. Makinde lives and works in Silicon Valley, and has an interest in helping software developers of color succeed. He is the founder of the nonprofit dev/color. https://www.devcolor.org/ We talk about racial dynamics in Silicon Valley and his attempt at addressing some of those dynamics through dev/color.
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Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Conversation 2 – Suicide in the Black Community
In this conversation, I speak with my colleague at Old Dominion University, Dr. Narketta Key about rising rates of suicide among black youth.
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Perspectives on Racial Inequality, Conversation 1 – Home Schooling and Institutional Slop
Marie and I come from different sides of the aisle politically, but we get along well.
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Internet Freedom: What’s Good For the West May Not Work For the Rest
Originally published in The Globe Post Occurrences of internet censorship in authoritarian countries are met with predictable condemnations from the West. Iran, China, and Russia are the perennial offenders, but in the last years, others are following their lead. Several African nations, including Mali, Uganda, and Cameroon have blocked or restricted their citizens’ internet access. Most recently, Nicolas Maduro’s regime in Venezuela has…
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It Was Wrong of an Illinois Republican to Do What He Did – But Here’s Why We Still Shouldn’t Outlaw Catfishing
[Originally published in The Independent] To catch a catfish, you will have to cast a wide net in the digital ocean. Too wide. Nick Sauer, a Republican state representative from Illinois, has resigned after his ex-girlfriend alleged he created a fake Instagram account using her likeness. The account, she claims, used nude pictures of her…
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MalwareTech’s Arrest Sheds Light on the Complex Culture of the Hacking World
(Originally published in The Conversation) The arrest of a British cybersecurity researcher on charges of disseminating malware and conspiring to commit computer fraud and abuse provides a window into the complexities of hacking culture.
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Race, Cyberbullying and Intimate Partner Violence
(Originally published in The Conversation) Over the past two decades, cyberbullying has become a major focus for parents, educators and researchers. Stopbullying.gov lists several effects of cyberbullying, including depression, anxiety and decreased academic achievement. Judging from popular culture, the narratives surrounding cyberbullying tend to have at least one of two themes. One, cyberbullying is a…
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Far Beyond Crime-ridden Depravity, Darknets are Key Strongholds of Freedom of Expression Online
(originally published in The Conversation) The internet is much more than just the publicly available, Google-able web services most online users frequent – and that’s good for free expression. Companies frequently create private networks to enable employees to use secure corporate servers, for example. And free software allows individuals to create what are called “peer-to-peer”…
Dr. Roderick Graham 