Algorithms of Oppression
How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Recommended by Sherrilyn Ifill, and 1 others. See all reviewsRanked #28 in Algorithms, Ranked #34 in Electrical Engineering
Run a Google search for "black girls" - what will you find? "Big Booty" and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in "white girls," the results are radically different. The suggested porn sites and un-moderated discussions about "why black women are so sassy" or "why black women are so angry" presents a disturbing portrait of black womanhood in modern society.
In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities,... more
In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities,... more
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Sherrilyn Ifill It's our first Thurgood Marshall Institute podcast. A terrific discussion with Professor @safiyanoble, author of the must read book Algorithms of Oppression. Listen. @TMI_LDF https://t.co/6eq51hhrJH (Source)
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