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ruds··on Racism is Poisoning Online Ad Delivery, Says Harvard Professor
Where is the witch hunt here? Discovering discrimination, publicizing it, and creating a dialogue are the only way it gets better. Ignoring it doesn't make it go away.
ruds··on Racism is Poisoning Online Ad Delivery, Says Harvard Professor
Yes, it's definitely way worse to be called racist (it's just being mean!) than to be a victim of racism.

She identifies possible mechanisms for the discrimination; presumably the desired remedy would differ based on which mechanism is actually responsible. This paper is step one: tell people who may not know that the discrimination is occurring.

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