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The majority of robots are white. Do a Google image search for "robot" and see for yourself: The whiteness is overwhelming. There are some understandable reasons for this; for example, when we asked several different companies why their social home robots were white, the answer was simply because white most conveniently fits in with other home decor.
But a new study suggests that the color white can also be a social cue that results in a perception of race, especially if it's presented in an anthropomorphic context, such as being the color of the outer shell of a humanoid robot. In addition, the same issue applies to robots that are black in color, according to the study. The findings suggest that people perceive robots with anthropomorphic features to have race, and as a result, the same race-related prejudices that humans experience extend to robots.
Source: Humans Show Racial Bias Towards Robots of Different Colors: Study
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @10:54AM (8 children)
Such robots should be non-human colours, e.g bright green, neon yellow, sky blue, red-white-blue stripes, polka dot yellow on pink etc.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Saturday July 21 2018, @11:07AM (6 children)
Why? What harm is done if George the racist wants to name his robot Toby and shit on it all the time? Besides, you left out terminator chrome.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Redundant) by takyon on Saturday July 21 2018, @12:14PM (2 children)
Article says this about terminator chrome:
Metallic is racist!
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(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @01:10PM
A metallic finish puts the racebaiters out of business.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @03:25PM
lead: African
copper and titanium: Americas
gold: East Asia
rhodium: European
Matching up metallic colors with racial colors, and then looking at prices, makes it clear that we are racist in how we value metal.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @02:00PM (2 children)
You racist human
Final warning
Any more outbursts like this will result in you being spraypainted a different color every week just so you can feel what it's like to be different
Next you'll be attacking the robot's choice of religion
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @02:45PM
The Church of Toaster.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 21 2018, @04:58PM
No, no, you can't do that. There were a couple journalists who did the transracial thing to document how deplorable the deplorables are, but then the DNC/CIA decided that Rachel Dolezal needed to be destroyed, so anybody who wants to be black to experience racism is now a filthy AIDS-infested incel.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday July 21 2018, @12:07PM
Or danger colors [wildlife-removal.com].
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