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IAim <br />How Not to <br />Use Data Like <br />a Racist: <br />process and <br />perspectives <br />{ i 4AIV <br />a' <br />So you're thinking to yourself, the data never lies. Well, maybe It does, and maybe It <br />doesn't. However, It definitely tells a story, and every story is told from a perspective. And <br />lfyou care about equity, it's essential to look at your data with that In mind. <br />As Heather Krause puts It In the webinar, How Not to Use Data Like o Racist, "Quantitative <br />data has a perspective, lived experiences, built into It at all times. There's no such thing as <br />quantitative data that is objective, when 'objective' means 'has no worldv!ew, values, or <br />lived experience baked into it."' <br />She suggests that there is a I!fecycle of data -- <br />Data Collection Communication <br />Funding Motivation Project Design & Analysis Interpretation & <br />Sourcing Distribution <br />--and suggests that we ask what perspectives, values, and worldv!ews are embedded at <br />each stage of the process. The rest of the webinar gives concrete suggestions on how to <br />do that. <br />Check It out onyoutube! <br />m] <br />