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Pesquise no Google por 'garotas negras': o que você encontra? Termos sexualmente explícitos provavelmente aparecerão como os principais resultados. Mas, se você digitar 'garotas brancas', os resultados serão radicalmente diferentes. Os sites pornográficos sugeridos e frases como 'por que...

Run a Google search for “black girls” - what will you find? “Big Booty” and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in “white girls”, the results are radically different. The suggested porn sites and un-moderated discussions about “why black women are so sassy” or “why black women are so angry” presents a disturbing portrait of black womanhood in modern society. In Algorithms of Oppression, Safiya Umoja Noble challenges the idea that search engines like Google offer an equal playing field for all forms of ideas, identities, and activities.