{"product_id":"the-racism-code-langston-p-harris-9798247683735","title":"The Racism Code: How Inequality Survives Awareness","description":"\u003cb\u003eWe know racism is wrong. We talk about it constantly. So why does inequality keep getting worse?\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe answer lies not in what people believe, but in what systems do. From hiring algorithms to healthcare AI, from school funding to predictive policing-racism today operates as invisible code running in the background of American institutions. It doesn't require hatred. It doesn't need conspiracy. It simply runs, automatically replicating patterns we thought we had left behind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 2019, a healthcare algorithm used by hospitals across America systematically recommended that Black patients receive less care than equally sick white patients. The algorithm didn't use race. It didn't intend discrimination. It was designed to be efficient. But efficiency was defined in ways that encoded inequality. \u003cb\u003eThis is the racism code: inequality that reproduces itself automatically, without anyone having to consciously choose it.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThink of racism not as a set of attitudes but as an operating system-code that structures what's possible, what's easy, what's default. Like software, this code was written long ago during centuries of explicit racial hierarchy. Unlike old software we replace when obsolete, this code has been continuously updated, adapted, made more efficient. The original programmers are gone, but their logic persists, translated into new languages: algorithms instead of laws, data instead of doctrine, optimization instead of oppression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Racism Code\u003c\/i\u003e reveals \u003cb\u003ehow inequality actually works\u003c\/b\u003e-not through individual prejudice but through institutional mechanisms that most people never see. More importantly, it shows \u003cb\u003ewhat it takes to change these systems\u003c\/b\u003e, moving beyond awareness campaigns and good intentions to enforceable accountability and structural transformation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book is for anyone who: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- Knows inequality is wrong but wants to understand how it persists\u003cbr\u003e- Has attended diversity trainings that change nothing\u003cbr\u003e- Leads organizations struggling to move beyond statements to action\u003cbr\u003e- Builds technology and wants to avoid encoding discrimination\u003cbr\u003e- Wonders why awareness and good intentions aren't enough\u003cbr\u003e- Wants to know what actions actually matter \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWe are at a juncture. The systems being designed today-AI for healthcare, algorithms for policing, platforms for education-will either crystallize inequality at unprecedented scale or create opportunities to build more equitable futures. The window to choose is brief. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis is not another book diagnosing the problem. This is the book that explains the mechanisms-and what it takes to rewrite them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe racism code is running right now. The question is whether you'll help rewrite it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Langston P. Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798247683735\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.54lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.38d","brand":"Langston P. Harris","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447335203071,"sku":"9798247683735","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dcb0348c-9111-4987-8b1a-e4ec4cab6947.jpg?v=1777230420","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-racism-code-langston-p-harris-9798247683735","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}