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Du Bois, Data, and Double-Consciousness (2)

Note on the Klein reading: this chapter has many important interactive components and images, and unfortunately, viewing the chapter with Hypothes.is activated seems to break these components. Could you please alternate reading Hypothes.is comments with viewing the un-annotated version?

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Klein, L. (2024). Between Data and Truth: W.E.B. Du Bois’s “Data Portraits.” In Data by Design. MIT. https://bruinlearn.ucla.edu/courses/206185/assignments/1772528
Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab. (n.d.). Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab. Retrieved March 25, 2025, from https://www.thejustdatalab.com

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