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2019-08-03 -Short Attention Span Theater-
CNN Business - White Robots Are Raaaaacist
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Posted by Besoeker 2019-08-03 06:23|| || Front Page|| [10326 views ]  Top

#1 Have we finally jumped the shark wit these constant cries of 'racism', or is there some new ridiculous connection yet to be made between the color white and dark, evil 'racist' forces?
Posted by Raj 2019-08-03 06:58||   2019-08-03 06:58|| Front Page Top

#2 And - does anyone at all out there doubt for even a millisecond if the robots were painted black it would also be evidence of racism & slavery?
Posted by Raj 2019-08-03 07:00||   2019-08-03 07:00|| Front Page Top

#3 Can I get a rayciss white robot to serve me my Russiaburger?
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-08-03 08:13||   2019-08-03 08:13|| Front Page Top

#4 it might also be the fact that the raw plastic pellets are cheaper than colors, and keeping color consistency between batches costs money: so it boils down to asimple business decision.
Posted by Dopey Slavitch3302 2019-08-03 09:40||   2019-08-03 09:40|| Front Page Top

#5 I just realized my refrigerator is white. I denounce both my implicit racism and the institutionalized racism of the Kenmore corporation.

No disrespect to NZ or the Uni of Canterbury, but may y'all should just go back to bothering sheep and leave the rest of us alone. Wait, sheep are white, too! Oh Noes!
Posted by SteveS 2019-08-03 09:44||   2019-08-03 09:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Um... have these geniuses considered that robots resemble home appliances, and that shiny large home appliances have traditionally been colored white?

That the whole product category is called White Goods for that reason?
Posted by Lex 2019-08-03 10:20||   2019-08-03 10:20|| Front Page Top

#7 You want pasty white self-hating SJWs? Couldn't do worse than NZ Academia
Posted by Frank G 2019-08-03 10:22||   2019-08-03 10:22|| Front Page Top

#8 IIRC, the word ROBOT comes from the Czech word robota, meaning forced labor - i.e., slave! So we are seeing white slaves.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia 2019-08-03 10:37||   2019-08-03 10:37|| Front Page Top

#9 "Robots And Racism," a study conducted by the Human Interface Technology Laboratory

It's a rather blatant way to slack off on readily-agreed-to research grants. You have to wonder if it's because of the nincompoops scamming their way into universities. Interface technology research should focus more on enabling disabled or challenged users... or anything but politically correct color schemes for the plastic covers of machines.

You know why the film didn't have ne...afric... Wakandan terminators ? Because Skynet discovered fair skin continued to inspire more trust.
Posted by Dron66046 2019-08-03 10:52||   2019-08-03 10:52|| Front Page Top

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