My question is on the tech side: Do you think the discovery and mapping of these lost graves (and all the press they're getting, not to mention a bump in public awareness about the Tulsa Race Riots due to the success of Watchmen) could spur new tech to identify sites in cities and towns around the country? Or maybe new companies using existing tech exclusively for this purpose?
You mentioned in another answer there's an economic incentive to avoid land changing hands and sticking a future owner with liability. Do you mean cities might invest in this research to prevent liability, or do you think developers are going to be worried enough that they'll start doing more careful analysis?
It would be kind of cool if we lived in a world where uncovering institutional racism was more profitable than trying to erase all the trauma and hope nobody finds anything. In the meantime I guess it's up to people like you to shed a light on the issue and focus our attention on it. Thanks!
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Thanks for your journalism!
My question is on the tech side: Do you think the discovery and mapping of these lost graves (and all the press they're getting, not to mention a bump in public awareness about the Tulsa Race Riots due to the success of Watchmen) could spur new tech to identify sites in cities and towns around the country? Or maybe new companies using existing tech exclusively for this purpose?
You mentioned in another answer there's an economic incentive to avoid land changing hands and sticking a future owner with liability. Do you mean cities might invest in this research to prevent liability, or do you think developers are going to be worried enough that they'll start doing more careful analysis?
It would be kind of cool if we lived in a world where uncovering institutional racism was more profitable than trying to erase all the trauma and hope nobody finds anything. In the meantime I guess it's up to people like you to shed a light on the issue and focus our attention on it. Thanks!
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