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Texas recently became the second state to pass a law banning algorithmic discrimination — that is, sanctioning operators of AI systems if those systems unfairly, for example, deny you a bank loan, a second job interview, or an insurance policy.—
Adam Goldstein,
National Review,
21 July 2025 -
The Trump administration has withheld government funding from Harvard and Columbia, among others, citing allegations of racial discrimination in admissions and antisemitism on campus.—
Alexx Altman-Devilbiss,
Baltimore Sun,
21 July 2025
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Roy’s Taxi Entrepreneurial opportunities for providing private transportation services in Austin have been shaped largely by segregation, regulation and innovation.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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The problems to surmount were structural: deindustrialization, entrenched segregation, economic marginalization—conditions shaped by Jim Crow, but not undone by its eclipse.—
Idrees Kahloon,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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“Jim Crow.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Jim%20Crow. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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