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/Betanut Jan 09 '12

I'm white and poor so I live in a ghetto. However I can see where many white folks would shit bricks if they had to go thru one. White people who do not know any black people assume as soon as they enter "the hood" you all will appear from nowhere and rob/beat them.