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Chinese Museum Removes Photography Exhibit That Compared Black People to Animals

Apparently China is high-key tripping this week. First WeChat, the country’s most popular chat app, had to apologize after its software translated “black foreigner” to the word “nigger.” Now it seems a museum in China is only just realizing that it’s a bad idea to juxtapose images of wild African animals with black people. According…

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Breanna Edwards

Published

October 13, 2017
Makers of China’s Most Popular Chat App Apologize After Software Translates ‘Black Foreigner’ to Racial Slur

WeChat, the most popular chat app in China, has issued an apology after a Chinese phrase that typically means “black foreigner” was translated into “nigger” by the app’s software. According to The Guardian, officials for the app, which serves almost 900 million users, said that the slur was a result of the artificial intelligence software…

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Breanna Edwards

Published

October 13, 2017