InvisibleBlueRobot
InvisibleBlueRobot t1_iscdao4 wrote
Reply to New study shows newspaper images from Hurricane Harvey in 2017 continued patterns of presenting people of color as victims and white people as rescuers bringing order back to the chaos, this may not have been conscious or ill-intentioned decisions, but reflect patterns in journalism and cultural by giuliomagnifico
Interesting. Brings up a few questions:
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This could be an issue with photography, image selection and editing (picking photos and of white helping minorities and not realizing the bias).
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Or it could show low representation of minorities working in emergency services within these area.
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Or it could show that areas with higher minority positions are most impacted and may have highest needs in these emergencies. If support is coming from outside community.
Or perhaps it's a mix of all do these scenarios. All of these situations are potential issues.
It would be great if photo selection was unbiased, it would be great to have good representation in the emergency service work force. It would be unfortunate if minority communities are at most risk of facing serious natural disaster, but I believe that is true....
I'm guessing all are at least partially true.
You could even have situations where people work for emergency response company located out of state. There are organizations that specialize in these services and they are usually located outside of a common natural disaster areas.
Their hiring practices may be representative "locally", but not representative of the communities they are most likely to serve.
InvisibleBlueRobot t1_irnaozi wrote
Is it possible to instead create a level of live complexity? Say anything with DNA/ RNA that can replicate ... level 1... to most highly complex life level 5 or level 10. This would allow people to more easily use whatever definition was needed for their intended purpose but perhaps have less black/ white in the argument.
InvisibleBlueRobot t1_j14hcca wrote
Reply to comment by gargravarr2112 in Could being submersed in a sealed tank of fluid help humans survive heavy G acceleration in outer space? by cheeze_whiz_shampoo
It was real for the mouse, in real life military tests the fluid is too heavy and it damages human lungs to the point of incurable issues. So we need a little work. Something lighter and easier to move in and out of the lungs but provides the same benefit.