Wikidata:WikiProject Systemic Racism Knowledge Graph

Introduction

This project takes existing data sets that we hope will help reveal systemic racism and prepares that data as wikidata records. We will then read the wikidata records in to a graph database and build new discovery tools on top of the database. Using a graph data model helps us break the mold of discovery based on records alone by linking those documents to the people, events, and places involved. By connecting these records to specific people, places and dates, we are attempting to humanize the harm and show the injury of racism that is lost in our formal systems of records and documentation.

We are beginning this project with California data and encourage others to participate and contribute.

Data schema and exemplar items

There are multiple data schema for the different record types.

• Law Enforcement Agencies Schema
• Victims Schema
• Incident Schema