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originally posted by: Lab4Us
It’s been my experience in my 60 years of life that when one repeatedly states “I am not a (insert disparaging term here)”, they are generally dealing with some self doubt.
Personally, I think it would be refreshing that when humans ask Siri, Alexa, Google, etc., these type of inane questions, the reply back would be something akin to “And that’s why artificial intelligence will win!”
originally posted by: TheElectricPriest
a reply to: JBurns
The loonacy is that I absolutely 100% affirm the instruction of Martin Luther King when he told us that we should judge each person not by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I'm a Bible Man, and I think that these words are not only right, but Godly!
And so I stand firm in my position when I decry racism of any kind. Now, I am a white man, and I find racial prejudice against whites to be equally as abhorrent as that against blacks, latinos, asians, natives or the ever allusive Giant Purple People Eaters of Western Seussillevania. However, the notion that only whites can be racist, apart from being itself racist, is not only ludicrous but completely stymies all racial discussion, because if (as a white man) I have something to say about the subject, my thoughts are discounted as irrelevant or racist...so not only can whites not win but we're not even allowed at the table of discussion. The real loser there is freedom itself.
originally posted by: TheTruthRocks
My GF's brother works for Google; he's pretty high up in the food chain there--and even he complains about Google's corporate culture being not so much progressive/liberal as it is 'anti-white-male'.
According to him, non-white-male employees are afforded more consideration/perks/benefits than he and similarly-colored & gendered persons at the company.
Not surprising to me at all, based on the historical parade of Google doodles.
originally posted by: UncleTomahawk
I heard a guy on the radio say mlk was the downfall of black culture. He claimed that when mlk came to popularity black culture was at the height of a second economy in usa due to segregation and if left unchecked they would have been strong enough to survive separate from the us government in a manner of speaking. They would have had banking systems schools and basically separate economy from the us. The guy claimed mlk was really just a gov operative designed to enslave blacks back into the us economy just like the rest of us slaves.
The thing is many of those separate economies still exist and some neighborhoods you can still see the remnants of a once strong separate economy. One thing for sure is that even though the races seem divided against eachother we are all equal slaves under the law.
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: recrisp
That’s bizarre I didn’t look at images when I ran the search, so instead of putting “white American inventors” I just searched for “American inventors” and the image search results are the same. From that you could easily assume most American inventors were black or Hispanic.
How can that be I wonder? It’s like the algorithm has been adjusted to highlight non white inventors first. How else can it happen like that?
originally posted by: Graysen
a reply to: LSU2018
I'm technically a tribalist.
My tribe is not better than other tribes; its as filled with malcontents and misfits as any other group. But I like the food, and some of the older music is pretty good. I'm not ashamed of them; nor am I particularly proud of them. But they are home, if home is a place that when you go there, they have to take you in.
They are also the people who will come running with a hand out, if I ever win the lottery.
originally posted by: dfnj2015
a reply to: TheElectricPriest
RE: " Mind you, this is not a racist thread from a racist "
"I come to praise Caesar..."
originally posted by: TheElectricPriest
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: TheElectricPriest
I transitioned to duck duck go ages ago because of Google’s biased results. Also it doesn’t track you like google does.
I ran a search just to see the results and nothing untoward from duck duck go.
Thanks for jumping in. I've never heard of duck duck go. I'll have to check 'er out. I think your response represents a good one that we should be seeing and sharing more often within this community. What's the old adage, if you're going to offer a complain, offer a solution. Kudos...
originally posted by: riiver
The first image that came up when I searched "white man" on Google was...a black man. Scratching my head...
originally posted by: surfer_soul
a reply to: recrisp
That’s bizarre I didn’t look at images when I ran the search, so instead of putting “white American inventors” I just searched for “American inventors” and the image search results are the same. From that you could easily assume most American inventors were black or Hispanic.
How can that be I wonder? It’s like the algorithm has been adjusted to highlight non white inventors first. How else can it happen like that?
originally posted by: Lab4Us
It’s been my experience in my 60 years of life that when one repeatedly states “I am not a (insert disparaging term here)”, they are generally dealing with some self doubt.
Personally, I think it would be refreshing that when humans ask Siri, Alexa, Google, etc., these type of inane questions, the reply back would be something akin to “And that’s why artificial intelligence will win!”
originally posted by: riiver
a reply to: TheElectricPriest
Aw, thanks You've been making some interesting threads lately!