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Theory apologizes after a Chinese customer says the fashion brand sent her a package with a racial slur instead of her name
Audrey Liu Dvorsky told Insider seeing the slur on the package "frustrated" her, while a Theory rep…
Armani Syed
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Fired startup CEO says he was tarnished as the 'LSD CEO' for accusing investors of anti-Asian bias, and now he's suing
Iterable, now led by its other Asian-American co-founder, pushed back on former CEO Justin Zhu's cl…
Sindhu Sundar
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Twitter is making changes to its photo software after people online found it was automatically cropping out Black faces and focusing on white ones
One Twitter user recently highlighted how the face of Mitch McConnell routinely was kept in the cro…
Katie Canales
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An AI tool which reconstructed a pixelated picture of Barack Obama to look like a white man perfectly illustrates racial bias in algorithms
For years researchers and activists have warned against algorithmic bias, when datasets ingrain alg…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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'The Harder They Fall' producers say they chose Netflix for their Black western due to 'built-in biases' with theatrical releases
"The Harder They Fall" boasts an A-list, all-Black cast, including Idris Elba, Regina King, Jonatha…
Zac Ntim
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Property tech companies are helping landlords spy on residents, collect their data, and even evict them. Critics are calling it an invasion of privacy that could reinforce inequality.
Researchers say "proptech" like facial recognition and AI-powered applicant-screening software is h…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Jeff Bezos's ex-housekeeper is suing the tech billionaire, claiming she was racially discriminated against and forced to work in unsanitary conditions
Mercedes Wedaa also accused the Amazon founder of discriminating against her because of her race an…
Beatrice Nolan
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Check out the NDA Jeff Bezos' housekeeper was forced to sign before she could clean his toilets
A lawsuit has uncovered the non-disclosure agreement required to to clean Bezos' properties — and h…
Katherine Long
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'The most taboo topic I've ever seen': Inside Microsoft's war over the war in Gaza
Internal messages show that Microsoft, like companies across America, is struggling to contain empl…
Ashley Stewart
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Latino lawmakers dismiss Sen. Bob Menendez's claims that he's being racially targeted: 'This is not that'
Rep. Pete Aguilar, the highest-ranking Latino in Congress, said Menendez was conflating his own iss…
Bryan Metzger
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An ex-Googler came forward to allege racial discrimination at the tech giant, 2 days after another former employee filed a lawsuit against the company
Chloe Sledd shared her account publicly Monday, alleging Google did nothing after she reported sexu…
Katie Canales
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A Black man in Detroit was arrested and detained for 30 hours after being falsely identified by facial recognition
Activists have objected to the use of facial recognition by law enforcement for years, as the techn…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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'Distinctively Black names' still get fewer callbacks for job applications
Researchers found that applications with seemingly white names were slightly favored among the grou…
Aleeya Mayo
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OpenAI ditched the only 2 women on its board. So far, it's replacing them with men.
OpenAI has announced a new male-dominated board after Sam Altman won the battle to return as CEO. I…
Tom Carter
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55 nooses were found at work sites since 2015, a Washington Post analysis found. Only 1 arrest has been made.
The nooses - a symbol of racial hatred connected to lynching - were found in 17 states throughout …
Natalie Musumeci
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TikTok has apologized for a 'significant error' after a video that suggested racial bias in its algorithm went viral
In a viral TikTok video, phrases like "supporting black excellence" and "pro black" appeared to be …
Charlotte Colombo
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Hollywood is losing out on $10 billion in revenue every year by underfunding work by Black creators
A recent study by McKinsey found that Hollywood could boost annual revenue by $10 billion if racial…
Aleeya Mayo
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An MLB announcer mocked a Black player for wearing a durag, but the player took the high road to the 'racist undertones' and used it to promote his apparel brand
Marcus Stroman took the high road on social media after an Arizona Diamondbacks announcer made a co…
Jackson Thompson
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One of boxing's most powerful figures vehemently opposes an elite fighter's allegation of racial bias
Top Rank founder and CEO Bob Arum denies elite fighter Terence Crawford's allegations that he's rac…
Alan Dawson
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A new lawsuit accuses Uber of 'intentional race discrimination,' claiming the star-rating system it has used to fire drivers is biased
The lawsuit estimates that Uber has fired "likely hundreds, if not thousands" of nonwhite Uber driv…