Data justice is an approach that redresses ways of collecting and disseminating data that have invisibilized and harmed historically marginalized communities. For decades, if not centuries, data has been weaponized against BIPOC communities, in particular, to reinforce oppressive systems that result in divestment and often inappropriate and harmful policies.
Data justice aims to capture forms of knowledge and lived experiences that are community-centered and community-driven to counter the systemic erasure and harm perpetrated on BIPOC communities via oppressive data practices. The fundamental premises of data justice are that data should:
(1) make visible community-driven needs, challenges, and strengths,
(2) be representative of community; and
(3) treat data in ways that promote community self-determination.
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