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by dagmx 1682 days ago
I like the term this presentation took for situations like this with "anti racist research" https://youtu.be/ROuE8xYLpX8

Like you said, at the root of that is racism, but the presentation frames it in an interesting way. Not everyone who takes part in this research is racist, but they're the products of racism in society.

So color not being accurately reproduced could either be a direct product of racist people or the result of people in a society that doesn't value everyone equally.

But I like the wording of "anti racist research" because it pushes the onus to actively trying to analyze if things are fair, rather than assuming they are. Even people who aren't actively racist can benefit their research from trying to push past the biases inherent in society that permiates everything