[wpietri]

Given that the goal of racism is to structure society, and given how well that succeeded in America, I don't think it's unreasonable to ask whether it's at play in pretty much any situation where we see racially biased outcomes.

But it is an excellent question why Google Maps is still terrible at Indian place names even though they have plenty of people internally who not only could help, but would be delighted to. The answer to that will be essentially sociological. If you think that answer in no way includes structural inequity despite it being pervasive in America since its founding, you will have to explain how you think Google managed to eliminate that in the Maps division and then managed to re-introduce some sort of structure that leaves a wealth of internal knowledge untapped.

[sinyug]

> structural inequity despite it being pervasive in America since its founding

America is not unique in this. And African-Americans are not the only people in the world who were enslaved. What is unique is that America and Americans are so good at controlling narratives and sucking oxygen out of rooms that other stories and catastrophes are forced into irrelevance.

[wpietri]

America is not unique in this. But America's history is uniquely relevant to the problems in America. Where Facebook is based and the tech industry is centered.

[sinyug]

> But America's history is uniquely relevant to the problems in America. Where Facebook is based and the tech industry is centered.

Sure it is. But if Facebook, Google and other American companies want to indulge their Americentric proclivities to the detriment of everyone else, they should voluntarily withdraw from the rest of the world.