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A comment on America's first law regulating AI bias in hiring takes effect. Parent comment

Re:America's first law regulating AI bias in hiring takes ef... by DougN7 on Sunday July 09, 2023 @11:20AM (#36655194)
I like the term whitelist, but feel excluded by the pressure you are applying. This can go as deep as you want…
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Re:America's first law regulating AI bias in hiring takes ef... by bitwise-bouncer on Sunday July 09, 2023 @11:33AM (#36655310)
Why do you like the term “whitelist”?
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Re:America's first law regulating AI bias in hiring takes ef... by DougN7 on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:35PM (#36726321)
Does it matter? I also like it when my finances “are in the black” as opposed to “in the red”. I don’t know a ton of African Americans, but I have talked with some of them about this. Although they definitely experience racism, none of them feels terms like “whitelist” is exclusionary. This feels like seeking for reasons to be hurt. Same with “master” and “slave”. There is a lot of history of white slaves in Europe, but it doesn’t hurt my feelings even though my ancestry is from those nations.
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