Take this example. Black people are 37.8% of the prison population[0] and 12.3% of the general population[1]. They also have 72% of babies being born out of w

Take this example. Black people are 37.8% of the prison population[0] and 12.3% of the general population[1]. They also have 72% of babies being born out of wedlock[2], compared to 29% of white-non hispanic babies[2]. Both those factors correlate to higher probabilities of crime in the future[3] and higher incarceration rates[4] So they are ~3x overrepresented in the prison population. So no. Even if you drop race, black people will generally be more highly targeted by any sort of fair algorithm. There is no thing as a racist algorithm or racist data. There can be racist systems and policy causing this data to be generated and can be looked for and targeted by algorithms, but even without taking race into account, just dealing with the current algorithm, the software is accurate and doing its job. Most modern science was caused by people questioning the status quo and challenging political orthodoxy. [0]https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race.jsp https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_race.... [1]https://www.google.com/search?q=percentage+of+blacks+in+america&rlz=1CAHPZR_enUS781US781&oq=percentage+of+black&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.5520j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=percentage+of+blacks+in+amer... [2]https://www.google.com/search?q=percentage+of+blacks+in+america&rlz=1CAHPZR_enUS781US781&oq=percentage+of+black&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.5520j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=percentage+of+blacks+in+amer... [3]http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/29/don-lemon/cnns-don-lemon-says-more-72-percent-african-americ/ http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2013/jul/... [4]https://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/single-parents-crime-and-incarceration/ https://familyinequality.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/single-par...