Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names like ‘Dick’ and ‘Cummings’

Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by perl4ever on Monday January 13, 2020 @10:25PM (#22041540)

"To me, "Hispanic" is a wide spectrum of ethnicities but really more of a linguistic, cultural and national/political specifier"

Every form I can remember seeing in the US that asks whether you are Hispanic says that it includes people of any race.

So how do you like this election season?

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by asveikau on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @01:26AM (#22042361)

> Every form I can remember seeing in the US that asks whether you are Hispanic says that it includes people of any race.

Yes, that is the "correct" thing that goes on the form, written by people who have bothered to look into this question. It isn't how people talk in casual speech.

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by perl4ever on Tuesday January 14, 2020 @10:55PM (#22051644)

What kind of "casual speech" are you referring to?

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Re:Lyft’s algorithm is trying to block people with names lik... by asveikau on Wednesday January 15, 2020 @11:35PM (#22061715)

The kind you are likely to hear talking to random Americans. A lot of people you are likely to meet, of diverse backgrounds and origins, will talk about it imprecisely, and as if white and hispanic are contrasting terms.

I personally do not. Nor do those forms you are talking about. But it something I hear a lot out in the world.

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