> If the past is racist, then inference will create a racist future. Since racism is systemic[1], especially when it comes to policing, predictive policing is actively working against an anti-racist future.
This comment reminds me of something I saw earlier this morning. A bunch of redlining maps in various cities in California.
Made think of something other than, Black and Hispanic people couldn't get loans in the neighborhoods they lived in. Yadda yadda.
The flipside is whites couldn't get loans in those neighborhoods either. Which meant if you were a middle class white person you couldn't buy a cheaper house in a mixed neighborhood. You were pretty much forced to buy in a neighborhood where covenants excluded Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians.
The system was designed to enhance segregation.
More to your point when you have system that explicitly or implicitly categorizes people and uses that to single them out of punishment or harassment that's group punishment. That's usually considered a no no by civilized people.
This comment reminds me of something I saw earlier this morning. A bunch of redlining maps in various cities in California.
Made think of something other than, Black and Hispanic people couldn't get loans in the neighborhoods they lived in. Yadda yadda.
The flipside is whites couldn't get loans in those neighborhoods either. Which meant if you were a middle class white person you couldn't buy a cheaper house in a mixed neighborhood. You were pretty much forced to buy in a neighborhood where covenants excluded Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians.
The system was designed to enhance segregation.
More to your point when you have system that explicitly or implicitly categorizes people and uses that to single them out of punishment or harassment that's group punishment. That's usually considered a no no by civilized people.
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