Facebook’s ad platform is facing charges that it has enabled gender-based discrimination against millions of women in a class action suit filed on behalf of three female workers and backed by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). The legal action also names ten employers who are alleged to have used the social media giant’s platform […]
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Robots can develop prejudices just like humans
In a fascinating study by researchers at Cardiff University and MIT, we learn that robots can develop prejudices when working together. The robots, which ran inside a teamwork simulator, expressed prejudice against other robots not on their team. In short, write the researchers, “groups of autonomous machines could demonstrate prejudice by simply identifying, copying and […]
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Recently, the LA Times asked me to name the first time I saw myself represented onscreen. The answer I gave the interviewer was long and winding and delved into the many different ways I have and haven’t seen myself at the movies – demographically, relationally, emotionally.
By the time it got to print, though, it had been pared down to nine words: “I don’t know that I’ve ever had the experience.” Fair enough.
But that’s changing now, at least in theory. After decades of little to no Asian representation in American pop culture, we find ourselves now in a veritable boomThe Meg, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, and Searching are all out this month; Bao and Kim’s Convenience hit last month; Killing Eve is up for Emmys next month; and Fresh Off the Boat is back the month after that. Read more…
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The CBS sexual harassment exposé is a reminder that this was never just about one bad guy
At this point, the sexual harassment allegations against CBS head Les Moonves sound sickeningly, depressingly familiar.
Four women who spoke with The New Yorker’s Ronan Farrow, including actress/writer Ileana Douglas, writer Janet Jones, and producer…
City rallies behind 13-year-old entrepreneur after a racist moron calls the cops
You’d think people would stop calling the cops on young black kids who aren’t actually affecting their lives in the slightest, but here we are. At least this time the end of the story is a bit more heart-warming.
Jaequan Faulkner, 13, set up a little…
Papa John’s is removing disgraced founder from its logo
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As far as his company is concerned, Papa John is Papa gone.
According to an AP report, Papa John’s founder and former CEO John Schnatter will be removed from all company marketing materials — including pizza boxes — after it was revealed that he used the n-word on a conference call in May.
“The Board of Directors of Papa John’s accepted Mr. Schnatter’s resignation as Chairman of the Board earlier this week,” current CEO Steve Ritchie wrote in an open letter for the brand’s website. “It has also been decided he will no longer be in any of the advertising or marketing materials associated with the brand.” Read more…
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Papa John’s founder used the n-word on a conference call
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If you haven’t already, it’s probably time to reconsider your trash pizza alliance: According to a report from Forbes, John Schnatter, the founder and former CEO of Papa John’s, used the n-word during a conference call in May.
The call, which was between Schnatter and executives from the marketing agency Laundry Service, was reportedly a role-playing session aimed at preventing future Schnatter-related PR disasters. (Remember when he blamed bad sales on peaceful NFL protests? What a guy.)
That initiative was not a success, to say the least.
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Per Forbes, Schnatter responded to a question about distancing himself from racist trolls by pointing out that “Colonel Sanders [of Kentucky Fried Chicken] called blacks n——-s.” Later in the call, he brought up his childhood in Indiana, where, he said, “people used to drag African-Americans from trucks until they died.” Read more…
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‘Pokémon’ skips airing an episode in the West where Ash does blackface
Pokémon kinda did a little bit of a blackface thing in a recent episode and Disney is not having it.
The 64th episode of the latest Pokémon Sun and Moon television series is not airing in the West, probably because the main character, Ash K…
Scarlett Johansson apparently learned nothing from the ‘Ghost in the Shell’ controversy
It was a little over a year ago that Scarlett Johansson found herself embroiled in controversy over Ghost in the Shell, in which she plays a Japanese woman in a white woman’s (android) body.
Now she and Ghost in the Shell director Rupert Sanders are …
New report finds abysmal diversity numbers among film directors in 2017
Organizations like Time’s Up are fighting long, hard battles against systemic discrimination in Hollywood. And a new study on the state of diversity among film directors shows not only how much work lies ahead, but how desperately needed these moveme…
View More New report finds abysmal diversity numbers among film directors in 2017‘Deadpool 2’ is the gayest superhero movie yet. That’s not saying much.
Spoilers ahead for Deadpool 2.
With an R rating and a gleefully subversive attitude, Deadpool gave audiences a wild, violent, and raunchy good time that boasted everything from a flurry of severed limbs to a holiday-themed sex montag…
View More ‘Deadpool 2’ is the gayest superhero movie yet. That’s not saying much.Starbucks apologizes for racial slur written on Latino customer’s cup
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Less than two weeks before Starbucks is set to close its 8,000 company-owned stores for an afternoon of racial-bias training, the company issued yet another apology for a racist incident that occurred in one of its California stores.
On Tuesday, at a Starbucks in La Cañada Flintridge, California, a Latino customer named Pedro reportedly had the racist slur, “BEANER,” written on his coffee cup in place of his name.
A barista at a Starbucks in suburban Los Angeles is accused of printing a racial slur on a Latino customer’s drinks https://t.co/q2tYNh4B8k pic.twitter.com/wEIzCuQ741
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