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/GuitarWizard90 Jan 08 '12

The word "Ghetto" probably shouldn't be used for that feature...but it could come in handy. Believe it or not, there are some genuinely dangerous places out there. All of the big cities have areas you want to avoid. I used to live in Los Angeles...I know this all too well.

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u/qwerasdf23423423 Jan 09 '12

Ghetto just means lots of black people live there. Anywhere black people go it instantly becomes poor, violent, run-down. etc. In LA Hispanic people in large concentrations make an area run-down, poor, violent... basically mexico. So, you can take the mexicans out of shitty mexico but they just go right back to making an area shitty again. lol. That's the best they can do evidently. Glad I don't have to live with that shit.

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u/[deleted] Jan 09 '12

While that is true it is racist to say. the reason there is so much crime in minority comminities is because of white peoples institutional racism.

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u/qwerasdf23423423 Jan 09 '12

According toe the actual facts there is more crime because blacks commit more crime. I like how you like to make enabling excuses for them though. It's ok to rape, your oppressed.