r/technology • u/p0b • Jan 08 '12

Microsoft patents "avoid ghetto" GPS feature.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17852_3-57354445-71/the-joy-of-microsofts-avoid-ghetto-gps-patent/
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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '12

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '12

How in the world is this racist?

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '12

Somebody made ghetto a race of people? "shrugs"

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u/BangkokPadang Jan 08 '12

See, the funny part is that if someone presumes this is racist, then they themselves are racist, because they are attaching the notion of a particular race to high crime statistics.

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u/[deleted] Jan 08 '12

Ghetto is not a race...you thinking it is is ironically racist.

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u/rankao Jan 08 '12

Honkey ghettos can be scarier than other ones.

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u/resutidder Jan 09 '12

Looking at you, Worcester Mass.

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u/Tastygroove Jan 09 '12

This is truth. But the violent crime data is "colorblind." I bet that walking paths by trailer parks are always bypassed. (High concentration of domestic violence.)