Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

Safiya Umoja Noble with Shayna Small (Narrator)

6 hours, 20 minutes first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction computer science feminism gender race sociology challenging informative slow-paced
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A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms. Run a Google search for "black girls" - what will you find? "Big Booty" and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as...

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