Tendayi Achiume
 Tendayi Achiume    ( academic) | |
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| Born | Zambia |
| Alma mater | • Atlantic College • Yale University |
| Member of | WEF/Young Global Leaders/2021 |
| Interests | •  “racism”•  COVID-19/Vaccines |
"As of June 2022, 72.09% of people in high income countries had been vaccinated with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, whereas only 17.94% of people in low-income countries have been vaccinated"
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Tendayi E. Achiume is a Zambian lawyer living in the United States, working as professor of human rights at UCLA, promoting a divisive narrative on racism and anti-racism, where opposition to suprannational deep state policies are defined as racism.[1] She was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2021.
Opinions
"As of June 2022, 72.09% of people in high income countries had been vaccinated with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, whereas only 17.94% of people in low-income countries have been vaccinated,”".[2]
Universal surveillance
"One aspect of her research is facial recognition technology and the ability of devices to more easily recognize certain physical traits over others."Studies show us that the capacity of leading technologies to recognize black and brown faces or women is so much lower than recognition of white male faces," she said. This motivated Ms. Achiume to broaden the conversation to ensure that as we think about the way human rights apply to emerging digital technologies, we're not just thinking about privacy or freedom of expression, but also equal access for people of all races and gender expressions.[3]"
