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How tech’s lack of diversity leads to racist software
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | July 22, 2015 | Wendy Lee

Posted on 07/23/2015 2:50:11 PM PDT by artichokegrower

All Jacky Alciné wanted from Google Photos was a space to upload snapshots from his life. But a few weeks ago, what he got from the photo-sharing service was racist insults and a smattering of stories in the national press after photos of him and a female friend were labeled “gorillas” instead of humans.

“That has to be wrong,” thought Alciné, who is black, as he shuffled through his library of photos, only to discover that dozens of other pictures were also labeled “gorilla.” “It’s unexcusable,” said the 22-year-old Brooklyn Web developer. “There’s no reason why this should happen.”

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To: PapaBear3625
For an example, do a google image search on the phrase "chimp out".

I figured you'd get a bunch of pics of "Chimpy McBushitler".

41 posted on 07/24/2015 8:33:15 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: DoughtyOne

She has “her people” to present emails and interesting news items to her. That means me, now that the boys are grown up and gone.


42 posted on 07/24/2015 8:39:27 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: artichokegrower

I went to K-Mart on my lunch break the other day. I had on khakis and a polo shirt. Some guy came up to ma and asked me a question about something in the store (assumed I worked there) Racist bastard! </sarc


43 posted on 07/24/2015 8:39:42 AM PDT by CodeJockey
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To: Responsibility2nd
Smells like another racist reverend shakedown of Silicon Valley to hire (non existent) black techs.

It's not that they're non existent, it's that they can't (or won't) do the work that is required of them, and expect to be hired and promoted because they are black.

I know from experience. /racism

44 posted on 07/24/2015 8:43:28 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Noumenon

MicroSoft needs to be re-named MicroaggressionSoft .. y’know ... to keep up with the latest style of being offended.


45 posted on 07/24/2015 8:46:14 AM PDT by glennaro
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To: aquila48
I wonder why blacks haven’t started their own high tech companies...

They have. They have discovered that black-owned companies have priority at the federal contracting trough.

46 posted on 07/24/2015 8:46:17 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Falcon 105)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Okay great. I’m sure you keep her well informed.

All the best to the both of you.


47 posted on 07/24/2015 9:37:08 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: PapaBear3625

Yes - virtual tagging.


48 posted on 07/24/2015 10:08:58 AM PDT by bolobaby
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Google Photos... photos of him and a female friend were labeled "gorillas" instead of humans.
Google also labels leftist agitprop sites like HuffPo as "news", and surrender documents as "peace treaties".
49 posted on 07/24/2015 10:12:16 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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http://28daysoftheweb.com/2015/jacky-alcine/


50 posted on 07/24/2015 10:13:33 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Fresh Wind
They have. They have discovered that black-owned companies have priority at the federal contracting trough.

A friend worked for a black-owned company. Had all-black employees. They hired him as a contractor to actually get technical work done.

51 posted on 07/24/2015 11:18:37 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (You don't notice it's a police state until the police come for you.)
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To: artichokegrower

A Web Developer said that? A Web Developer?? Well just damn stop the world, because you know knowing how to write Javascript and Angular makes you an expert at Machine Learning!!!!

What an idiot, the statements in this article show just how ignorant some people are compared to what they thing they are.


52 posted on 07/24/2015 11:21:05 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Lizavetta

Hey look, it’s Big Mike from The Blind Side.


53 posted on 07/24/2015 1:28:14 PM PDT by T-Bone Texan ('Zionists crept into my home and stole my shoe' - Headline)
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