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'''Brandi Collins-Dexter''' is an American writer, researcher and policy advocate. She is author of ''Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future''...<ref>{{cite web |title=Black Skinhead |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250824127/blackskinhead/ |website=Macmillan Publishers}}</ref> |
'''Brandi Collins-Dexter''' is an American writer, researcher and policy advocate. She is author of ''Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future''....<ref>{{cite web |title=Black Skinhead |url=https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250824127/blackskinhead/ |website=Macmillan Publishers}}</ref> Currently, she is a visiting fellow at the [[Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy]] of [[Harvard Kennedy School]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter |url=https://shorensteincenter.org/staff_bio/brandi-collins-dexter/ |website=Shorenstein Center}}</ref> [[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] named her a "person to watch" in 2017<ref>{{cite news |last1=Breland |first1=Ali |last2=McCabe |first2=David |last3=Neidig |first3=Harper |last4=Uchill |first4=Joe |last5=Williams |first5=Katie |title=16 people to watch in tech |url=https://thehill.com/policy/technology/318390-16-people-to-watch-in-tech/ |access-date=20 June 2025 |work=The Hill |date=8 February 2017}}</ref> and [[The Root (magazine)|The Root]] named her one of The Most Influential African Americans in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Root 100 - The Most Influential African Americans In 2019 |url=https://interactives.theroot.com/root-100-2019/business/ |website=The Root|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010125115/https://interactives.theroot.com/root-100-2019/business/ |archive-date=10 October 2023 }}</ref> In 2020, she was awarded the Champions of Freedom Award by the [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]]<ref>{{cite web | author=<!-- not stated --> |title=EPIC - EPIC Alert 27.09 |url=https://archive.epic.org/alert/epic_alert_27.09.html#_6.__ |publisher=Electronic Privacy Information Center|website=archive.epic.org |language=en}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Collins-Dexter holds a B.A. in history from [[Agnes Scott College]], and a J.D. from [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] Law School. In the early 2000s, she lived in London, UK for a couple years<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hendrix |first1=Justin |title=Black Skinhead: A Conversation with Brandi Collins-Dexter {{!}} TechPolicy.Press |url=https://www.techpolicy.press/black-skinhead-a-conversation-with-brandi-collins-dexter/ |website=Tech Policy Press |language=en |date=6 November 2022}}</ref> |
Collins-Dexter holds a B.A. in history from [[Agnes Scott College]], and a J.D. from [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] Law School. In the early 2000s, she lived in London, UK for a couple years.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hendrix |first1=Justin |title=Black Skinhead: A Conversation with Brandi Collins-Dexter {{!}} TechPolicy.Press |url=https://www.techpolicy.press/black-skinhead-a-conversation-with-brandi-collins-dexter/ |website=Tech Policy Press |language=en |date=6 November 2022}}</ref> She has worked at [[MediaJustice]] and Safer Foundation in Illinois.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter |url=https://www.economicliberties.us/brandi-collins-dexter/# |website=American Economic Liberties Project}}</ref> She was Senior Campaign Director of Media, Culture and Economic Justice at [[Color of Change]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter {{!}} Free Press |url=https://www.freepress.net/about/board/brandi-collins-dexter |website=www.freepress.net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter |url=https://spitfirestrategies.com/case-studies/brandi-collins-dexter/ |website=Spitfire Strategies |date=19 March 2025}}</ref> At Color of Change, she led a number of campaigns including getting The O’Reilly Factor off the air and getting R. Kelly dropped from RCA.<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter |url=https://www.economicliberties.us/brandi-collins-dexter/# |website=American Economic Liberties Project}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter |url=https://www.citizen.org/about/person/brandi-collins-dexter/ |website=Public Citizen |language=en}}</ref> She was also one of the leaders in getting [[Facebook]] to undergo a civil rights audit.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Levy |first1=Pema |last2=Riley |first2=Tonya |title=Activists couldn't get Facebook to tackle its discrimination problem—until the Russia scandal hit |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/04/activists-couldnt-get-facebook-to-tackle-its-discrimination-problem-until-the-russia-scandal-hit/ |website=Mother Jones}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Black Lives Matter Activists Say They're Being Silenced By Facebook |url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/craigsilverman/facebook-silencing-black-lives-matter-activists |website=BuzzFeed News |date=19 June 2020 |language=en}}</ref> |
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She has testified in Congress on numerous occasions<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/person/brandi-collins-dexter/101627/ |website=www.c-span.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter |url=https://www.wgbh.org/people/brandi-collins-dexter |website=GBH |language=en}}</ref> |
She has testified in Congress on numerous occasions,<ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter {{!}} C-SPAN.org |url=https://www.c-span.org/person/brandi-collins-dexter/101627/ |website=www.c-span.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Brandi Collins-Dexter |url=https://www.wgbh.org/people/brandi-collins-dexter |website=GBH |language=en}}</ref> including in front the [[United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce]] on issues such as disinformation<ref>{{cite web |title=House Hearing on Disinformation Campaigns and Social Media |url=https://www.c-span.org/program/house-committee/house-hearing-on-disinformation-campaigns-and-social-media/548536 |website=www.c-span.org |access-date=20 June 2025}}</ref> and consumer privacy.<ref>{{cite web |title=Testimony Of Brandi Collins-Dexter Senior Campaign Director, Color Of Change Before The Subcommittee On Consumer Protection And Commerce, United States House Committee On Energy And Commerce Hearing On "Protecting Consumer Privacy In An Era Of Big Data." February 26, 2019. Unclassified. {{!}} National Security Archive |url=https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/20000-national-security-archive-034-testimony |website=nsarchive.gwu.edu |access-date=20 June 2025}}</ref> She has written numerous articles on issues including crypto-currency, retail theft, and surveillance including in [[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Collins-Dexter |first1=Brandi |title=What Did Hurricane Katrina Teach Us About Environmental Racism? |url=https://www.essence.com/news/hurricane-katrina-inflation-reduction-act/ |work=Essence |date=29 August 2022}}</ref> and [[Wired (magazine)|Wired]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Collins-Dexter |first1=Brandi |title=Satoshi Is Black |date=16 November 2023|url=https://www.wired.com/story/what-can-crypto-still-do-for-black-people/ |magazine=Wired}}</ref> She was a Public Voices Fellow on Technology in the Public Interest from 2023-2024, an initiative of The OpEd Project funded by the [[Macarthur Foundation]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Public Voices Fellows to Shape Discourse on Technology in the Public Interest |url=https://www.macfound.org/press/grantee-news/public-voices-fellows-to-shape-discourse-on-technology-in-the-public-interest |website=www.macfound.org |language=en}}</ref> In 2022, she published her debut essay collection ''Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Mychal Denzel |title=The Kanye Whisperer |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/books/review/black-skinhead-brandi-collins-dexter.html |access-date=26 June 2025 |work=New York Times |date=27 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title="Black Skinhead": Brandi Collins-Dexter's book on Black politics |url=https://www.wypr.org/show/midday/2022-12-28/black-skinhead-brandi-collins-dexters-book-on-black-politics |website=WYPR |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Interview with Brandi Collins-Dexter, Author or Black Skinhead |url=https://celadonbooks.com/interviews/black-skinhead-brandi-collins-dexter-interview/ |website=Celadon Books |date=24 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=New Book Explores Perspectives of Black Voters Disillusioned With Democratic Party |url=https://news.wttw.com/2022/10/19/new-book-explores-perspectives-black-voters-disillusioned-democratic-party |website=WTTW News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Protesting Twitter 'Normalizing Racism,' Activists Call on Social Networks to Ban White Supremacists |url=https://broadbandbreakfast.com/protesting-twitters-normalizing-racism-activists-call-on-social-network-to-ban-white-supremacists/ |website=Broadband Breakfast |language=en |date=7 August 2019}}</ref> |
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== Books == |
== Books == |
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{{cite book |last1=Collins-Dexter |first1=Brandi |title=Black skinhead: reflections on Blackness and our political future |date=2022 |publisher=Celadon Books |location=New York |isbn=9781250824110}} |
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Brandi Collins-Dexter is an American writer, researcher and policy advocate. She is author of Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future....[1] Currently, she is a visiting fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy of Harvard Kennedy School.[2] The Hill named her a "person to watch" in 2017[3] and The Root named her one of The Most Influential African Americans in 2019.[4] In 2020, she was awarded the Champions of Freedom Award by the Electronic Privacy Information Center[5]
Career
Collins-Dexter holds a B.A. in history from Agnes Scott College, and a J.D. from University of Wisconsin-Madison Law School. In the early 2000s, she lived in London, UK for a couple years.[6] She has worked at MediaJustice and Safer Foundation in Illinois.[7] She was Senior Campaign Director of Media, Culture and Economic Justice at Color of Change.[8][9] At Color of Change, she led a number of campaigns including getting The O’Reilly Factor off the air and getting R. Kelly dropped from RCA.[10][11] She was also one of the leaders in getting Facebook to undergo a civil rights audit.[12][13]
She has testified in Congress on numerous occasions,[14][15] including in front the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce on issues such as disinformation[16] and consumer privacy.[17] She has written numerous articles on issues including crypto-currency, retail theft, and surveillance including in Essence[18] and Wired.[19] She was a Public Voices Fellow on Technology in the Public Interest from 2023-2024, an initiative of The OpEd Project funded by the Macarthur Foundation.[20] In 2022, she published her debut essay collection Black Skinhead: Reflections on Blackness and Our Political Future[21][22][23][24][25]
Books
Collins-Dexter, Brandi (2022). Black skinhead: reflections on Blackness and our political future. New York: Celadon Books. ISBN 9781250824110.
References
- ^ "Black Skinhead". Macmillan Publishers.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter". Shorenstein Center.
- ^ Breland, Ali; McCabe, David; Neidig, Harper; Uchill, Joe; Williams, Katie (8 February 2017). "16 people to watch in tech". The Hill. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "The Root 100 - The Most Influential African Americans In 2019". The Root. Archived from the original on 10 October 2023.
- ^ "EPIC - EPIC Alert 27.09". archive.epic.org. Electronic Privacy Information Center.
- ^ Hendrix, Justin (6 November 2022). "Black Skinhead: A Conversation with Brandi Collins-Dexter | TechPolicy.Press". Tech Policy Press.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter". American Economic Liberties Project.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter | Free Press". www.freepress.net.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter". Spitfire Strategies. 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter". American Economic Liberties Project.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter". Public Citizen.
- ^ Levy, Pema; Riley, Tonya. "Activists couldn't get Facebook to tackle its discrimination problem—until the Russia scandal hit". Mother Jones.
- ^ "Black Lives Matter Activists Say They're Being Silenced By Facebook". BuzzFeed News. 19 June 2020.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org.
- ^ "Brandi Collins-Dexter". GBH.
- ^ "House Hearing on Disinformation Campaigns and Social Media". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ "Testimony Of Brandi Collins-Dexter Senior Campaign Director, Color Of Change Before The Subcommittee On Consumer Protection And Commerce, United States House Committee On Energy And Commerce Hearing On "Protecting Consumer Privacy In An Era Of Big Data." February 26, 2019. Unclassified. | National Security Archive". nsarchive.gwu.edu. Retrieved 20 June 2025.
- ^ Collins-Dexter, Brandi (29 August 2022). "What Did Hurricane Katrina Teach Us About Environmental Racism?". Essence.
- ^ Collins-Dexter, Brandi (16 November 2023). "Satoshi Is Black". Wired.
- ^ "Public Voices Fellows to Shape Discourse on Technology in the Public Interest". www.macfound.org.
- ^ Smith, Mychal Denzel (27 October 2022). "The Kanye Whisperer". New York Times. Retrieved 26 June 2025.
- ^ ""Black Skinhead": Brandi Collins-Dexter's book on Black politics". WYPR.
- ^ "Interview with Brandi Collins-Dexter, Author or Black Skinhead". Celadon Books. 24 October 2022.
- ^ "New Book Explores Perspectives of Black Voters Disillusioned With Democratic Party". WTTW News.
- ^ "Protesting Twitter 'Normalizing Racism,' Activists Call on Social Networks to Ban White Supremacists". Broadband Breakfast. 7 August 2019.