https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/jun/09/three-black-teenagers-anger-as-google-image-search-shows-police-mugshots
'Three black teenagers': anger as Google image search shows police mugshots
A simple Google image search highlighted on Twitter has been said to highlight the pervasiveness of racial bias and media profiling.
“Three black teenagers” was a trending search on Google on Thursday after a US high school student pointed out the stark difference in results for “three black teenagers” and “three white teenagers”.
Kabir Alli of Virginia posted a clip to Twitter of himself carrying out a straightforward search of “three black teenagers”, which overwhelmingly turns up prisoners’ mugshots.
“Now let’s just change the colour ...”
He and others erupt in laughter when the result for “three white teenagers” show stock photos of smiling, wholesome-looking young people.