Opinion

We are deluding ourselves if we believe tech is a blank slate that is free from capitalism, misogyny and racism.

With nearly 5,000 computer science and data science students here at Berkeley, we must ensure that we stay informed about the impact and implications of our work amidst the rise of AI.

There will be workers on the inside who will necessarily have to be flexible with their employer’s corporate interests while pushing for change and innovation.

Campus must prioritize supporting this course, ensuring that students are adequately cared for in this period of course turbulence.

We must never overlook the responsibility of maintaining the well-being and safety of a crowd, just because of Soulja Boy and a little adrenaline.

Even with the institutional protections I have as a professor, department leadership has not only ignored my appeal to address the racial climate that led to this incident, they have also sought to intimidate me into silence. 

These efforts make it clear that students, and all people, can build collective power and meaningfully apply pressure on powerful institutions, whether they are leading their own campaigns or planning actions in solidarity.

Protecting all individuals residing in Berkeley should not be an afterthought, but a priority.

But while all men aren’t “bad,” they all have inherited a society which severely needs to reconsider what it means to be a boy, and more crucially, what it means to be human.

Decolonizing psychology is seen through this outlet of embracing and promoting the nature of spirituality and folklore in how Filipinos think and perceive.