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Incident 3324 Report
Google Image Showed Racially Biased Results for “Professional” Hairstyles

2016-04-05

Google Image search reportedly showed disparate results along racial lines, featuring almost exclusively white women for “professional hairstyles” and black women for “unprofessional hairstyles” prompts.

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Google

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  • Incident 332
    4 Reports

    Google Image Showed Racially Biased Results for “Professional” Hairstyles

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Black people

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  • Incident 332
    4 Reports

    Google Image Showed Racially Biased Results for “Professional” Hairstyles

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Google users

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  • Incident 332
    4 Reports

    Google Image Showed Racially Biased Results for “Professional” Hairstyles

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