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Agreed. It seems like this particular idea could have been abandoned, without aborting the entire endeavor (or quitting the company). The words "feasibility s
by unit91 11y ago
Agreed. It seems like this particular idea could have been abandoned, without aborting the entire endeavor (or quitting the company). The words "feasibility study" come to mind...
As an aside, I ran the names Miles Davis, Ray Charles, Morgan Freeman, Ben Carson, and Charlie Rangel against one the tools the author mentioned [1] and also got no correct answers.
1. http://www.textmap.com/ethnicity/ http://www.textmap.com/ethnicity/
- Lerc 11y agoI ran a few. I wouldn't rate it highly. George Washington GreaterEuropean, British John Smith GreaterEuropean, British Barack Obama GreaterAfrican, Africans Mike Brown GreaterEuropean, British Tamir Rice GreaterEuropean, Jewish Eric Garner GreaterEuropean, British John Crawford GreaterEuropean, British Akai Gurley GreaterEuropean, British Ezell Ford GreaterEuropean, British Cynical Oogaboogoo Asian, IndianSubContinent
- mazerackham 11y agoYa, the idea sounds terrible if you just think about it for a split second: Most Black Americans are descended from slaves. And their slave owners forced their family name on them. Slave owners were white. So these names will register as white names. Completely destroys any accuracy concerning Black people.