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Families of Orlando, Fla., Shooting Victims File Federal Lawsuit Against Tech Companies
The families of some of the victims of the Orlando, Fla., nightclub shooting have filed a lawsuit against Google, Twitter and Facebook, arguing that the tech companies had a role in the radicalization of the shooter. The gunman, Omar Mateen, did not appear to have official ties to the Islamic State group, also referred to…
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‘3 Black Teens’ Google Search Sparks Outrage
The bias against black children is no more clear than with the Google “three black teenagers” challenge. Type “three black teenagers” into a Google image search, and a bunch of menacing police mug shots turn up. “Three white teenagers” results in smiling young folks who look to be selling Bibles door-to-door. Kabir Alli, an 18-year-old from…
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How To Be Unapologetically Black
On Tuesday, I was at Google’s New York City office for a panel titled “Breaking Through The Noise: Making Our Voices Visible, Scalable And Impactful.” For roughly 90 minutes, David Wilson (founder of The Grio), Tiffany Warren (Senior VP, Chief Diversity Officer at Omnicom Group/Founder & President, ADCOLOR®), Lilly Workneh (Black Voices Editor at Huffington Post)…
Black News and Black Views with a Whole Lotta Attitude
