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> LONDON – Twitter says it’s investigating why its picture-cropping algorithm sometimes prefers White faces to Black ones. Why are colours being capitalised al
by jpxw 6y ago
> LONDON – Twitter says it’s investigating why its picture-cropping algorithm sometimes prefers White faces to Black ones.
Why are colours being capitalised all of a sudden?
- thoughtstheseus 6y agoThe author may be referring to Black as an ethnic or cultural group, not the color.
- thinkingemote 6y agoThe current cultural issue is whether White should be capitalized or not. with identity politics when it comes to race it means you are doomed if you do or doomed if you don't. A curious game. Better to play a nice game of chess.
- casefields 6y agoAP says it will capitalize Black but not white: https://apnews.com/7e36c00c5af0436abc09e051261fff1f https://apnews.com/7e36c00c5af0436abc09e051261fff1f Washington Post to capitalize Black, white in stories: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/509562-washington-post-to-capitalize-black-white-in-stories https://thehill.com/homenews/media/509562-washington-post-to... There's more from the other major outlets but that should explain it.
- claudiawerner 6y agoI say this as someone who leans heavily far left... the reasoning here makes no sense at all (speaking of the AP article).
- jjeaff 6y agoThe linguist and scholar John McWhorter, who I think tends to lean right on these types of issues, says that he capitalizes Black and for the same reasons, would capitalize white, but the capitalization of white by white supremecists has sort of ruined it for everyone.