http://www.inquisitr.com/179382/microsoft-taking-heat-for-avoid-ghetto-gps-app/
Microsoft Corporation is taking heat for a patent it filed for what is being called the “Avoid Ghetto” GPS App.* The app esentially links up with your GPS or Smartphone and when you are approaching an area that, based on crime statistics or racial make-up, is deemed undesirable it gives you directions around it.
Sarah E. Chinn, author of Technology and the Logic of American Racism, told AOL Autos, said of the fine line a technology walks between useful and racist.
Microsoft Corporation is taking heat for a patent it filed for what is being called the “Avoid Ghetto” GPS App.* The app esentially links up with your GPS or Smartphone and when you are approaching an area that, based on crime statistics or racial make-up, is deemed undesirable it gives you directions around it.
Sarah E. Chinn, author of Technology and the Logic of American Racism, told AOL Autos, said of the fine line a technology walks between useful and racist.
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