Rafael Sergio Smith
@rafael_smith
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Design Director at https://t.co/VBXhcqIPKl. Adjunct professor at SVA Products of Design. Exploring how to use design & tech to dismantle systems of power and privilege.
NYC
Joined March 2009
Got a chance to share my thoughts on how design & tech can help mitigate bias and the people & products leading the way :)
In this presentation, @rafael_smith discusses how unconscious bias shows up in everyday interactions as well as in systems that shape our lives. Want to see the whole presentation? Head over to @YouTube to see what you've missed. https://t.co/42ca8ZFkjo
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Reflections on Jan.6 attempted white nationalist coup: We must guard against false symmetries here. This was an orchestrated riot in defense of a reigning and waning tyrant & white supremacist. It is in no way akin 2 protests demanding justice and resisting racism and oppression.
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Important conversation on what ruins a lot of artists.
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Black and Indigenous Latinas don’t need your think peices and hot takes on Latin American identity in the United States. We’ve already written them. Do the readings. No one, and I mean NO ONE is more qualified to tell our stories than us. #Election2020
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For everybody who doesn’t know RAHM Emanuel, allow me to introduce him to you..
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Att friends from the #brooklynprotest , retweet this so the kid's family can come get him, he's at the 67th pct, nostrand ave.
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We’re not burning our own communities. We’re burning plantations.
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Black people are being disproportionately killed by this pandemic. Black people are being disproportionately impacted by the economic downturn. Black people are being disproportionately killed by police. Black people are being threatened in parks. Black people are exhausted.
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I was mildly sick for a few days w/ covid symptoms. Then my 29 yr old healthy boyfriend got really sick. 13 days later, after a relentless fever, awful nausea, pneumonia in both lungs + a reluctant trip to ER, he is finally turning a corner today. Some things I learned:
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So Banksy put a video on Instagram and deleted it almost immediately about the whole shredder in the painting. I screen recorded it for anyone who missed it!
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Black women are 243% more likely to die from pregnancy or childbirth than white women. We can’t have a conversation about this country’s horrifying maternal mortality rate without having a conversation about race.
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so i want to send a shout-out and say thank you to @rafael_smith and the team at @ideo, for practicing what they preach. THIS is what inclusion, what diversity looks like - a concentrated effort to push disenfranchised (but talented AND qualified) folks to the forefront.
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So @nytimes thinks it's okay to have the below hint in their crossword puzzle. When @sarahlidgus questioned about the clue their staff was dismissive and refused to have an open forum about the matter. What are some other outlets that might be interested in having this dialogue?
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Sometimes I just sit back & think about how Jeremiah Wright was made out to be this controversial lightning rod bc he outlined the myriad of ways America had oppressed black people & I go back & watch the sermon in question & see no lies to what he was saying
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1. I’m 27 2. Please look up the word universal. 3. We haven’t been bankrupt for years and are actually the 2nd fiscally healthy city in the state. 4. It’s philanthropically funded 5. The majority of people are struggling in this economy. We have to deal with that
26-Yr-Old Mayor of Bankrupt City Will Give Free Money to the Poor, Implement ‘Universal Basic Income’ https://t.co/m5Hzg4Jzrq
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The Cannabis Tax Re-compensation Policy: In a near future where Cannabis is legal and a…
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