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by nadont8 2827 days ago
Search for "american inventors" if you want to have some laughs.
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tzs 2827 days ago
If you search for "United States inventors" you get the list you were probably expecting.

Google seems to like to include results appropriate for common phrases if you include only part of the phrases. My guess is that the "american" in "american inventors" brings in results for "african american inventors" too.

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DenisM 2827 days ago
Apparently this has been going on at least since 2016: http://www.unz.com/isteve/great-moments-in-google-american-i...
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MrEfficiency 2827 days ago
wtf whyy

EDIT: To clarify, why is that list so bad?

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TangoTrotFox 2827 days ago
Imagine you were searching for 'american basketball player' and the selected individuals were predominately white. And on top of this you had guys like let's say Mike Dunleavy Jr. placed ahead of Michael Jordan for no apparent reason. Do you think this would be appropriate?
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nadont8 2827 days ago
It's not organic; Google has editorialised it in a racist way.
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