merredith branscombe - don't "feed" the racists
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Don’t “Feed” the Racists:
Your clicks can fix– or poison – the world.
Merredith BranscombeFounder/President, Leap Public Relations
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No one disagrees with us – because we’re right! And the proof that we’re right is … no one disagrees with us!
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If a tree falls in the forest, and no one posts it to social
channels, did it really happen?
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“Research from Harvard University found that ads for arrest records were significantly more like to show up in searches for distinctively black names or historically black fraternities.”-- Claire Cain Miller, “When Algorithms Discrminate,”
The New York Times, 9 July 2015
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Be your own algorithm
Ask yourself if you are acting based on personal experience, or on an impression that an algorithm chose for you