Do Google's 'unprofessional hair' results show it is racist?
Search term brings back mainly results of black women, which some say is evidence of bias. But algorithms may just be reflecting the wider social landscapeRecently, an MBA student named Rosalia discovered something alarming: Googling “unprofessional hairstyles for work” yielded image results mainly of black women with natural hair, while searching for the “professional” ones offered pictures of coiffed, white women. Often the hair styles themselves were not vastly differe
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