In UNIX’s “Rule of Diversity,” encouragement of segregation of the kernel in charge of the computer’s memory, from the shell which works as the intermediary between the computer’s complex internals from the user, who prefers simplicity (29). The kernel symbolizes diversity in people and the shell represents those in power who work towards minimizing complexity in order to advocate for the standard because “modularity in software design was meant to decrease ‘global complexity’ and cleanly separate one ‘neighbor’ from another.” While this is not consciously done by the computer programmers, it nevertheless inevitably results in perpetuations of racist practices within technology and supports the colorblind rhetoric of “unintentionality” and even occurs in the university
In UNIX’s “Rule of Diversity,” encouragement of segregation of the kernel in charge of the computer’s memory, from the shell which works as the intermediary between the computer’s complex internals from the user, who prefers simplicity (29). The kernel symbolizes diversity in people and the shell represents those in power who work towards minimizing complexity in order to advocate for the standard because “modularity in software design was meant to decrease ‘global complexity’ and cleanly separate one ‘neighbor’ from another.” While this is not consciously done by the computer programmers, it nevertheless inevitably results in perpetuations of racist practices within technology and supports the colorblind rhetoric of “unintentionality” and even occurs in the university