Google images is racist

[bania]

Wow. I even scrolled all the way to the end. Huh.

[stellas]

I know this wasn't your point, but....squee!

[jane6672]

Bing is the same.

So all the stock photo sites are racist?

[bcv513]

Nov 20, 2014 15:20:49 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

I dont get it?

All the babies are white

[Serenity9]

LOL! Look what was in there!

[stellas]

I saw a couple of Asian and arguably Latino babies!

[floridakat]

I have three ethnicities represented in the top row of results.

[themoneytree]

OMG they really are so cute, but I see your point!

[calle28]

This isn't surprising at all.

[Serenity9]

Nov 20, 2014 15:29:52 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

And this cute baby cow!

pssst... that's a goat. I bet you think they all look the same.

[rosiebear]

Nov 20, 2014 15:30:03 GMT -5 kevin arnold said:

I got a WALLABY before a black baby.

I got an armadillo on the first page. Maybe two or three babies that were not lily-white; no African-American babies.

[sergey]

Nov 20, 2014 15:29:30 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

These were my first and second scrolls.

Mine looks like this almost exactly. I know Google results vary based on your internet history but I wonder what's going on here with image results?

[jane6672]

Nov 20, 2014 15:23:39 GMT -5 AutumnRose25 said:

Nov 20, 2014 15:21:07 GMT -5 jane6672 said:

Bing is the same.

So all the stock photo sites are racist?

Maybe not intentionally but...kinda without maybe even realizing it?

I have a super hard time finding stock images for our newsletters and annual report that are not just smiling white people. Which sucks because our clients are very diverse and we are trying to convey/acknowledge that in our literature.

That probably wasn't clear - I do think the lack of diversity is coming from the stock sites. 

Stock photos are laughable, because the "diverse" pictures are always so carefully crafted: 1 white lady, 1 white man, 1 asian man, 1 black lady, all standing in a V-formation holding laptops and grinning.

[Serenity9]

Nov 20, 2014 15:43:08 GMT -5 nicbreeful said:

Nov 20, 2014 15:39:53 GMT -5 Serenity9 said:

pssst... that's a goat. I bet you think they all look the same.

canttellifyourejoking.jpg

[Deleted]

Nov 20, 2014 15:29:30 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

These were my first and second scrolls.

This proves our point. 

[TrudyCampbell]

I think white babies are the least cute of all babies. So there!

[zoomzoom]

I did see other nationalities but still probably 95% white.  And this guy:

[TrudyCampbell]

Sorry, I wasn't trying to be weird or offensive. Just expressing that my line up of "cute baby" google image results would be very diverse.

[zoomzoom]

Sorry. I thought a baby hedgehog was cute.

[eb777888]

Nov 20, 2014 16:29:42 GMT -5 zoomzoom said:

Sorry. I thought a baby hedgehog was cute.

I think he's freaking adorable!!

[TrickyBob]

Nov 20, 2014 16:44:18 GMT -5 eb777888 said:

Nov 20, 2014 16:29:42 GMT -5 zoomzoom said:

Sorry. I thought a baby hedgehog was cute.

I think he's freaking adorable!!

Second. He is adorable. But he needs some cream to deal with the dry hedgehog skin lol

[TrudyCampbell]

That is so not what I meant by that. I was trying to be funny. I failed. I get it. Sorry.

[shostakovich]

I'm not sure if it's applicable with these search terms, but generally your search history + location + demographic information + some other algorithm-y stuff results in customized Google search results. Not everyone will get identical results.

[noodleoo]

Nov 20, 2014 15:23:39 GMT -5 AutumnRose25 said:

Nov 20, 2014 15:21:07 GMT -5 jane6672 said:

Bing is the same.

So all the stock photo sites are racist?

Maybe not intentionally but...kinda without maybe even realizing it?

I have a super hard time finding stock images for our newsletters and annual report that are not just smiling white people. Which sucks because our clients are very diverse and we are trying to convey/acknowledge that in our literature.

I think this is basically the definition of white priviledge.   

[firelight1210]

Nov 20, 2014 16:32:54 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

Nov 20, 2014 16:03:11 GMT -5 @lazerus24 said:

This proves our point. 

I thought the point was that there was only white babies. People said they scrolled all the way through and only saw white babies, so I posted my results.

I'm not saying that the ratio isn't significantly lopsided to one side, just what my search results were.

You realize those were all white babies?

[Cricket0619]

Nov 20, 2014 17:23:40 GMT -5 firelight1210 said:

Nov 20, 2014 16:32:54 GMT -5 pandora89 said:

I thought the point was that there was only white babies. People said they scrolled all the way through and only saw white babies, so I posted my results.

I'm not saying that the ratio isn't significantly lopsided to one side, just what my search results were.

You realize those were all white babies?

No they weren't.

[bohemianmango]

I did further research and googled "beautiful babies" and "adorable babies" They showed a bit more diversity. Lots of cuties out in Google Imageland.

I found this baby under "beautiful babies." I might be showing my own bias like Google Images but this picture kept catching my eye. So sweet.