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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by nadont8 on Monday September 24, 2018 @03:27AM (#18055689)
Search for "american inventors" if you want to have some laughs.
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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by tzs on Monday September 24, 2018 @11:01AM (#18058238)
If you search for "United States inventors" you get the list you were probably expecting.

Google seems to like to include results appropriate for common phrases if you include only part of the phrases. My guess is that the "american" in "american inventors" brings in results for "african american inventors" too.

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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by DenisM on Monday September 24, 2018 @10:49AM (#18058140)
Apparently this has been going on at least since 2016: http://www.unz.com/isteve/great-moments-in-google-american-i...
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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by MrEfficiency on Monday September 24, 2018 @09:18AM (#18057380)
wtf whyy

EDIT: To clarify, why is that list so bad?

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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by TangoTrotFox on Monday September 24, 2018 @01:00PM (#18059291)
Imagine you were searching for 'american basketball player' and the selected individuals were predominately white. And on top of this you had guys like let's say Mike Dunleavy Jr. placed ahead of Michael Jordan for no apparent reason. Do you think this would be appropriate?
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Re:Why I’m done with Chrome by nadont8 on Monday September 24, 2018 @10:16AM (#18057821)
It's not organic; Google has editorialised it in a racist way.
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