I assume this might be an unpopular opinion, but shouldn't these programs be evaluated on some metric of success rather than their racial selection?
If the software is accurate at picking choices that match the set goals, then it would seem that: the software is doing its job and is 'blameless', the racism is on the side of those that set the goals and/or the people claiming 'racism' because a person of a given skin colour was selected.
If it could be shown that there's low success in the software, yet it's relied on despite racial bias, then I would think few rational people could argue against its removal. (edit: s/for/against)
Edit: I suppose that I'm asking for better auditing of the results vs the desired outcomes. Race seems like a red-herring until it's shown that the metrics support poor performance of these systems.
If the software is accurate at picking choices that match the set goals, then it would seem that: the software is doing its job and is 'blameless', the racism is on the side of those that set the goals and/or the people claiming 'racism' because a person of a given skin colour was selected.
If it could be shown that there's low success in the software, yet it's relied on despite racial bias, then I would think few rational people could argue against its removal. (edit: s/for/against)
Edit: I suppose that I'm asking for better auditing of the results vs the desired outcomes. Race seems like a red-herring until it's shown that the metrics support poor performance of these systems.