On Sun, Apr 18, 2021 at 7:24 AM LaToya Anderson
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> Data does not remove bias. And one can and should both read the article and watch the movie.
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> STEM Academy Instructor

Data rather than mere exposition helps prevent bias. How do you refute
or counter unfair bias except with data?

The movie is, itself, profoundly biased. It didn't explore at all why
a public housing project might benefit from cameras on the door of a
densely populated building with numerous poor, old, or unhealthy
tenants. The movie was an icon of "Critical Theory", portraying the
attempt to use science and engineering for social problems as a plot
against the oppressed.

I've lived in scary neighborhoods of London. London accepts and
expects a degree of CCTV monitoring that is outrageous to Americans.
Sadly, citizens can't *get* the videos when a crime occurs, and
photographic evidence can be misused against the innocent. Been there,
done that, watched a London parking cop frame the photos they took to
document a parking ticket, really ticked him off when I very obviously
took photos at angles that showed the car was, in fact parked near a
sign that gave permission and curb markings that matched.