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Could entirely be explained by google's algorithms capturing a zeitgeist of sorts, and presently, discussions of "white inventors" and "american inventors" have
by scelerat 5y ago
Could entirely be explained by google's algorithms capturing a zeitgeist of sorts, and presently, discussions of "white inventors" and "american inventors" have a lot to say about black inventors and their presence or lack thereof in the historical record. No conspiracy necessary.
If you google Donald Trump you get a bunch of news results about his legal troubles. Not because Google has an axe to grind, but because Donald Trump has legal troubles, and it's in the news.
- deathgripsss 5y agoBut if I search something in Google images I'd expect to see that term in images not the current trending cultural topic relating to that search term.
- scelerat 5y agoDoubtless the image search is using the same algorithms and pulling images from articles. Google doesn't know what you're "really" looking for. It just knows you searched for "white inventors," and the reason you're seeing black faces is that for pages with have high pagerank for the phrase "white inventors," there are images of black people.