Edited this (since you did as well) to say that simply pointing to statistics and saying that “facts don’t care about your feelings” is sophomoric and probably intentionally disingenuous. For instance, statistically in the US black people are more likely to commit crimes than white people. So should we implement systems that target suspects based on the color of their skin? Obviously not. There is a very important confounding factor, socioeconomic status, which happens to be very correlated with skin color in the US due to a long history of racial discrimination. So saying that “these systems should not be racially biased” is an important criteria.
Edited this (since you did as well) to say that simply pointing to statistics and saying that “facts don’t care about your feelings” is sophomoric and probably intentionally disingenuous. For instance, statistically in the US black people are more likely to commit crimes than white people. So should we implement systems that target suspects based on the color of their skin? Obviously not. There is a very important confounding factor, socioeconomic status, which happens to be very correlated with skin color in the US due to a long history of racial discrimination. So saying that “these systems should not be racially biased” is an important criteria.