https://qz.com/1306782/why-googling-squatter-camps-in-south-africa-returns-pictures-of-white-people/

Google squatter camps and South Africa and images of impoverished white people are returned. The search has incensed and confused South Africans, who took to social media on June 14 to question this skewed representation of poverty in South Africa.

The search that is riling South Africans up. (Screengrab)With apartheid’s segregated past casting a long shadow over everyday life in contemporary South Africa, the Google search quickly took on a tone of racial inequality. The anger at Google though is misplaced since algorithms learn what humans teach them through their behavior. The search results are a reflection on a broader conversation on race and poverty.