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Probably not, but so what? It happens all the time, because the non-racist logic still affects people unequally due to racial reasons. Here's the top result fro
by lostcolony 5y ago
Probably not, but so what? It happens all the time, because the non-racist logic still affects people unequally due to racial reasons. Here's the top result from "racist algorithms" in Google - https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03228-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-03228-6
TL;DR: One of the factors for referring people to treatment was doctor visits over the last year. Makes sense; unwell people go to the doctor, so those going to the doctor more often are more likely to be unwell. But, of course, due to historical segregation, generational wealth, etc, black people on average tended to go to the doctor less. So even if they exhibited the same risks, symptoms, etc, as white people, because they saw a doctor about it less often the algorithm was less likely to refer them for treatment.