Racehustling Attempts To Conquer Cyberspace...

...after all, us folk here in reality have had enough of them, so they have to have new worlds to try to conquer.

A new study published in the Jama Network that looked at Black adolescents’ exposure to online racism – including traumatic videos of police violence, online racial discrimination and racial bias perpetuated by AI – can cause increased anxiety and depression.

As online hate speech increases and the federal government cracks down on diversity initiatives, which Tynes said has spurred the normalization of racism, investigations into youth’s exposure to online racism is more important than ever.

“We need studies that are documenting what’s happening,” Tynes said. “And also we need platforms to help people to manage those experiences, to critique them.”

Anf how does this 'online racist' express itself? Not, Reader, as you might have thought... 

The study began with a nationally representative sample of 1,138 white, Black, Latino and multiracial adolescents recruited by Ipsos’ KnowledgePanel, a US online research panel. Out of the larger sample, 504 participants were asked to complete a seven-day survey for a nationwide look at young people’s online behaviors in December 2020. While the study authors only focused on Black participants’ responses, they hope to compare those experiences to that of adolescents of different races in the future.

Because racehustling needs new victim narratives to survive. 

Respondents reported experiencing algorithmic bias one time per day every three days.

 Whut?

Some of the survey questions about algorithmic bias included how many times in the past year that a filter made them look more European by lightening their skin and straightening their hair, or whether their content about racial justice didn’t get likes because a platform suppressed it.

Maybe it didn't get likes because it was observably stupid. And a filter is something you apply yourself, isn't it? 

Questions about positive experiences that they had online around race included how many times they saw favorable comments or information about their race on a television show, film, a cultural website or social media.

If you aren't seeing favourable comments about your race, maybe it's a sign about your race's behaviour? 

Another question asked how many times they learned something positive online about their race’s contributions to society in the past 24 hours.

Forgetting that it's often made up bollocks anyway, or deliberate propaganda?  

Tynes wants youth to be armed with digital literacy tools that help them navigate algorithmic bias that perpetuates racism.

They'd do better witth actual literacy tools, wouldn't they?  

She hopes to analyze whether teaching Black history in schools imparts students with the knowledge and confidence needed to “help people protect themselves, critique the messages, and place them in historical context so that they don’t have the impact that they have”.

As Longrider points out, historical context has gone out the window!