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Algorithms of Oppression
by Safiya Umoja Noble
How search engines reinforced racist and sexist stereotypes, with documented examples, and why commercial search is not a public library. Influential.
Read it if…
you want the evidence on search bias.
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Skip it if…
you want current examples; some are dated.
Try instead: You Are Not a Gadget →
Three things you will actually use
- Search is commercial.
- Bias is in the results.
- Public information needs public values.
Do this first
Read the chapter on searching for Black girls.
Our verdict
Noble on search.
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