“For centuries judges have had to make guesses about the people in front of them.”
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“Breaking your leg is objectively painful. But the treatment you get from your doctor can often depend on whether you’re black or white.”
“It took less than 24 hours for Twitter to corrupt an innocent AI chatbot. Yesterday, Microsoft unveiled Tay — a Twitter bot that the company described as an experiment in “conversational understanding.”
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“The war on drugs: Is it a genuine public health crusade or an attempt to carry out what author Michelle Alexander characterizes as “the New Jim Crow”? A new report by Dan Baum for Harper’s Magazine suggests the latter.”
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“‘Discrimination is still a reality’ says co-author after two-year study reveals a much higher rate of interest in ‘whitened’ names for black and Asian Americans Minority job applicants who resort to “resume whitening” – a practice in which candidates alter any information on th”
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“Brace yourself. I’m going to talk about a topic that makes many people uncomfortable — Whiteness. Not the more acceptable euphemism “diversity.” Not even its close cousin, the difficult subject of “racism.” No.”
“Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had to scold his staff after discovering that unidentified employees recently crossed out Black Lives Matter and replaced it with “all lives matter” on the walls at Facebook headquarters — multiple times.”
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