Category: programming

Tara McPherson’s essay, The Intertwining of Race and Unix, describes the development of UNIX and the civil rights movement after World War II as connected paths, each reflecting the other in structure, style, even language. She posits that those who study each of these areas need to look at developments in computing from a cultural lens, the same way we could analyze the media content or access. Continue reading Tara McPherson on Race and UNIX