Race, Science, and the Carceral State with Dr. Brandon Ogbunu

• Dr. Brandon Ogbunu's background and journey to becoming an evolutionary biologist and epidemiologist
• The role of advocacy in the Black Press and its contrast with scientific objectivity
• How the legacy of Black scientists has approached the expectation of scientific objectivity
• The importance of data science in uncovering and addressing systemic racism
• The racial impacts of COVID-19 on the criminal legal system and how it amplified underlying racial disparities
• Understanding the carceral state as a complex adaptive system and the various actors involved in perpetuating systemic racism
• The importance of scientific communication in making complex ideas accessible to different audiences
• The future of data science and the opportunities it presents for Black and brown communities to create change

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