"But we have a black president! And I know a black person who drives a nice car! Where is this systemic racism you speak of?"
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It's not like Apple intentionally decided to make a watch that doesn't work for black people. But intent doesn't matter. Impact does.
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@aurabogado I'm black. My Apple Watch successfully measures my heart rate. Melanin != tattoo ink. This is not difficult to understand. - 1 more reply
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@aurabogado@OrdQuelu “plenty of people out there with very dark skin. That kind of thing should’ve been caught in testing.” -
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@aurabogado interesting. Sounds like someone jumped the gun and covered. Or apple’s lawyers slapped them.@OrdQuelu
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DIVERSITY. BECAUSE. DUH. “
@aurabogado: Apple created system that uses green light to read heart rate. That light doesn't work on black skin” - 1 more reply
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@aurabogado@naogannet tattooed black, not melanin blackThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado@damienmulley bogus story, extrapolated from tattoos to black skin. Power of two key memes meeting.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado@bodil Link? I’m reading that it does work for most people of colour, but ink is different than melatonin.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado@sassycrass it's astounding sometimes how little they even pay lip service to equality. They don't even pretend to fake it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@aurabogado@jackerhack it’s simply not the case that it doesn’t work with black skin, unless the skin is black on account of tattoo ink. -
@mindlace@aurabogado Right. I'm going to undo those retweets now before more people pass it on.
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