The League of Iowa Human & Civil Rights Agencies

Blog Post New Entry

Racist Camera? Does Nikon CoolPix Fail on Asian Eyes?

Posted by Iowa Civil Rights Commission on January 26, 2010 at 8:03 PM

Last year, when Joz Wang, a Taiwanese-American strategy consultant, decided to test out a new Nikon CoolPix S630 digital camera with her family members, she continually received an error message on the camera's display screen: "Did someone blink?" After several tries with the same results, the Wangs tried taking a shot with their eyes open extra-wide. There was no error message after this attempt, they say.

 

[more]

Categories: Technology, Asian and Pacific Islander, Discrimination

Post a Comment

Oops!

Oops, you forgot something.

Oops!

The words you entered did not match the given text. Please try again.

Already a member? Sign In

0 Comments