For generations, America’s major publishers focused almost entirely on white readers. Now a new cadre of executives like Lisa Lucas is trying to open up the industry.
Tag: Race and Ethnicity
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Microsoft Plans to Eliminate Face Analysis Tools in Push for ‘Responsible A.I.’
The technology giant will stop offering automated tools that predict a person’s gender, age and emotional state and will restrict the use of its facial recognition tool.
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Overlooked No More: William B. Gould, Escaped Slave and Civil War Diarist
He served nearly three years in the U.S. Navy and documented almost all of it, leaving an invaluable record of Black life during the war.
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How I Became an Asian American
The killing of a Chinese American, Vincent Chin, 40 years ago changed the way people of Asian descent began to see themselves.
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Uterine Cancer Is on the Rise, Especially Among Black Women
The cancer eventually will become the third most common type among women, experts say. The mortality rate is highest among Black Americans.