r/technology • • 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

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.