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tulipsandroses

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6. Ever heard of the racist soap dispenser or the racist faucets

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Reply #1)

Mon Jul 11, 2022, 08:36 PM

Jul 2022

in public bathrooms?
Videos showing how they work differently for darker skin went viral a few years ago. Same thing with facial recognition on cell phones and fitbits.
May seem insignificant until you realize the same people cursing at the racist faucets, may have adverse outcomes because of the same reason the faucet or soap dispenser does not work.

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When it comes to darker skin, pulse oximeters fall short [View all] Jilly_in_VA Jul 2022 OP

I did not know this. Diamond_Dog Jul 2022 #1

Ever heard of the racist soap dispenser or the racist faucets tulipsandroses Jul 2022 #6

Whoa. I had no clue. MontanaMama Jul 2022 #2

I remember when pulse oximetry first came in Jilly_in_VA Jul 2022 #3

There is a Brown University student has a working solution for thst CentralMass Jul 2022 #4

Definitely so. But made even worse by very long fingernails, fake nails, and extreme manicures. hlthe2b Jul 2022 #5