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Ignoring patients in need of monitoring

samedi 26 octobre 2019 à 02:00

The US medical system spends less money on a black patient than on a white patient, given the same level of health. As a result, a widely used algorithm estimates that the black patient is less sick and doesn't need supplemental health monitoring.

This is one more example of a common occurrence: bias that results from innocently-collected data that reflects the bias of society.

Spying on grieving families

samedi 26 octobre 2019 à 02:00

British police spied on grieving black families for decades. Now we want the truth.

Generous tax evasion

samedi 26 octobre 2019 à 02:00

Facebook is "donating", to buy public admiration, a fraction of what it should be paying in taxes.

Killing children

samedi 26 octobre 2019 à 02:00

A Fresno thug shot a black teenager in the back of the head as he was running away. As the teenager lay dying on the ground, the thug handcuffed him.

As usual. The thug department said the unarmed teenager was a threat to the thug's life. Perhaps the thug feared he would turn around, pull his pants off, and attack the thug with them. The teenager was such an enormous threat that he had to be handcuffed even in the ambulance.

Family separations continue

samedi 26 octobre 2019 à 02:00

The US border thugs are still separating families. Sometimes the "parents" of the family are not the biological parents, but are the parents that the child loves and needs.