IBM、LinuxFoundationが人種的正義のためのコードの要求を拡大

IBM Call for Code for Racial Justiceチームは、プログラムを新しい分野に拡大しており、本日、Linux Foundationは、オープンソーステクノロジーを使用して体系的な人種差別に対処するために、より多くのコーダーを結集するために7つのプロジェクトをホストすると発表しました。The IBM Call for Code for Racial Justice team is expanding the program into new areas, and today said that the Linux Foundation will host seven projects in a bid to rally more coders to use open source technologies to address systemic racism. In addition to the five existing open source projects from Call for Code for Racial Justice, the Linux Foundation and IBM also unveiled two new project starters: Fair Change and TakeTwo. Fair Change is a platform to help record, catalog, and access evidence of potentially racially charged incidents. The goal is to enable transparency, reeducation, and reform for law enforcement as a matter of public interest and safety. TakeTwo aims to help mitigate bias in digital content with a focus on text across news articles, headlines, web pages, blogs, and even code. It will be used to identify more subtle forms of racism.  “You can draw a direct connection to the events in the news and the two solutions we’re unveiling today,” said Ruth Davis, IBM’s director of Call for Code. Call for Code for Racial Justice, which builds off IBM’s Call for Code initiative, launched last fall and was started by black employees from IBM and Red Hat and their allies who “applied their ingenuity and expertise to design and develop technology solutions to address the problem of systemic racism,” Davis  said. These projects cover everything from identifying bias in varying testimonials following a crime, helping defense lawyers strengthen their case for black clients, to making voter information easier to understand. And unlike the other Call for Code programs, the Racial Justice initiative is not a competition and does not have an end date. Built using technologies such as Red Hat OpenShift, IBM Cloud, IBM Watson, Blockchain ledger, Node.js, Vu.js, Docker, upstream Kubernetes and Tekton, the Linux Foundation and IBM are calling on the open source community to contribute by testing, extending and implementing them, and adding their own diverse perspectives and expertise to make them even stronger.  “We know that technology alone cannot solve these problems, but we believe putting technology in the hands of the black community, advocates, and their allies can bridge a gap and hopefully pave a road to real and sustained progress,” Davis said. “The true power of technology lies with those who want to change the world for good. To any developer reading this: I want you to know that you can take a stand and apply your skills and ingenuity to make a difference.”