Adobe is a propagandist

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May 20, 2023
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why is it, when I search for images using the key word "American" I get almost exclusively "people of color"?

I noticed this last year, and it remains true.

Adobe has politicized its search algorhytm.

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Abambo

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I strongly agree with @Jill_C. A second guess, maybe even combined with @Jill_C's assumption: it's simply that the search results as shown result in sales.

And as a European, I find your discussion points utterly inappropriate. I agree with @kglad, it is not relevant. If you do not get the results you expect, change your search string or change your expectations.

(Where do you teach critical thinking?)

ABAMBO | Hard- and Software Engineer | Photographer

Jill_C

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I think the real, and very simple, reason is that when Contributors upload images of black people, they include the title and/or keywords "African American"; however when they upload caucasians, they don't tag them "white american". They probably don't identify them as American at all...

Jill C., Forum Volunteer

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Rob SchläpferAuthor

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Perhaps.

But if you scroll through the “featured” images you have the same problem. Very few people who are not “POC/“BIPOC” et al.

This is *exactly* what Elon Musk calls “the woke mind virus” at work. Your images reflect what cognitive psychologists call a “selection bias”. They reflect the attitudes of “woke” creatives who dominate silicon valley.

Not representative of the population.

Fuel for woke propaganda.

(I teach critical thinking.)

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kglad

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and you think this is important?

kglad

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