Critical Race Theory for HCI, Ihudiya Finda Ogbonnaya-Ogburu, Angela D. R. Smith, Alexandra To, Kentaro Toyama.

• Critical race theory as a way to advance inclusive research and also reduce HCI community’s racial disparities
  • Theoretical concepts from CRT:
    • ordinariness of racism,
    • social construction of race,
    • interest convergence (i.e. people in power support progressive goals only when it serves their selfish interst),
    • intersectionality,
    • critique of liberalism,
    • uniqueness of voices of color, and
    • storytelling as a means of exploring oppression
• Acknowledged limitation: only consider American context of race
  • Also burden of representation on work concerning marginalized group
• Suggestions:
  • Work with and about communities of color
  • Critiquing and exmining racial bias in technology (as a first step – race should not be an afterthought, strive for reflexsivity and other-concious)
  • HCI is allied research to CRT (HCI aims to design technological artifacts that work for everyone)