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So can we agree that the system (which I'm taking to mean the combination of tech, people and procedure) is doing a really shit job then, because, beyond not doing what it's supposed to do, it's disproportionately singling out certain races?

Perhaps if it's singling out dense hair vs. actual places where people are hiding something, despite any evidence being presented that it's useful to do so, we should... I dunno, not use it? Definitely not spend millions of dollars on it.

I'm not sure what problem it's solving, when the solution involves humans mindlessly following a procedure, that dictates that a machine that happens to single out black hair and 'turbans' decides someone is suspect.



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