Microsoft's 'Avoid Ghetto' App

sweetcell

Joined: July 18, 2006 at 05:01 AM UTC

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Microsoft's 'Avoid Ghetto' App January 13, 2012 at 06:03 AM UTC #

walkonby in DC: there's an app for that ;D

So-Called 'Avoid Ghetto' App Drawing Criticism
http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-microsoft-so-called-avoid-the-ghetto-app-mr-txt,0,7148487.story

Why Microsoft's 'Avoid Ghetto App' Takes Us the Wrong Way
http://www.thepolisblog.org/2012/01/why-microsofts-avoid-ghetto-app-takes.html

DeathFromAbove1979

Joined: November 29, 2006 at 06:01 AM UTC

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Re: Microsoft's 'Avoid Ghetto' App January 13, 2012 at 03:46 PM UTC #

It sends you a notification when you're nearing a neighborhood that has a high crime rate?

That's fucking racist. Only black people commit crimes.

Ugh. I hate the comments on that interview.

Doctor Doom

Joined: April 23, 2001 at 05:01 AM UTC

Posts: 3745

Re: Microsoft's 'Avoid Ghetto' App January 13, 2012 at 11:31 PM UTC #

Racist, no, stupid, yes.