A revealing look at how negative biases against women of color are embedded in search engine results and algorithms  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. Data discrimination is a real social problem; Noble argues that the combination of private interests in promoting certain sites, along with the monopoly status of a relatively small number of Internet search engines, leads to a biased set of search algorithms that privilege whiteness and discriminate against people of color, specifically women of color.  Through an analysis of textual and media searches as well as extensive research on paid online advertising, Noble exposes a culture of racism and sexism in the way discoverability is created online. As search engines and their related companies grow in importance—operating as a source for email, a major vehicle for primary and secondary school learning, and beyond—understanding and reversing these disquieting trends and discriminatory practices is of utmost importance.  An original, surprising and, at times, disturbing account of bias on the internet, Algorithms of Oppression contributes to our understanding of how racism is created, maintained, and disseminated in the 21st century.  

揭示了对有色人种妇女的负面偏见是如何嵌入搜索引擎的结果和算法的 在谷歌上搜索 "黑人女孩"--你会发现什么？"Big Booty "和其他露骨的术语很可能作为顶级搜索词出现。但是，如果你输入 "白人女孩"，结果就完全不同了。所推荐的色情网站和未经审核的关于 "为什么黑人妇女如此时髦 "或 "为什么黑人妇女如此愤怒 "的讨论，呈现了现代社会中黑人女性的令人不安的形象。在《压迫的算法》中，Safiya Umoja Noble挑战了像谷歌这样的搜索引擎为所有形式的想法、身份和活动提供平等竞争环境的想法。数据歧视是一个真实的社会问题；Noble认为，推广某些网站的私人利益与相对较少的互联网搜索引擎的垄断地位相结合，导致了一套有偏见的搜索算法，使白人享有特权并歧视有色人种，特别是有色妇女。 通过对文本和媒体搜索的分析，以及对付费网络广告的广泛研究，Noble揭露了在网上创造可发现性的方式中存在的种族主义和性别歧视文化。随着搜索引擎及其相关公司的重要性增加--作为电子邮件的来源、中小学学习的主要工具，以及其他方面--理解和扭转这些令人不安的趋势和歧视性做法是最重要的。 压迫的算法》对互联网上的偏见进行了原创性的、令人惊讶的、有时甚至令人不安的描述，有助于我们理解种族主义在21世纪是如何产生、维持和传播的。