Transparency and accountability make visible the effects of systemic racism. Lack of system visibility is not a passive act, but an active form of oppression and protection of existing systems. By using transparency to drive accountability, we make evident how systems are built to harm people of color and protect privilege. 

For example:

Citizens for Juvenile Justice uses data accessibility as one of its tools for advocacy. CJJ drives transparency in the criminal legal system by uncovering and connecting data points to reveal inequities. Accurate data about the experience of young people in the system is not readily available. CJJ fights to access data, analyzes it and makes it available to all.