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17401232? ago

Is there a way to write a bot that scours mainstream media sources for racial framing?

What I mean by that is seeking patterns in what terms are paired with the various races. For example, I get the feeling that every time I hear or read "white" in the media, it is typically paired with the terms "supremacy" and "privilege", and more recently "fragility".

Not much comes to mind, specifically, when it comes to other races, other than the term "empowerment".

What I'm getting at is that I want to prove the media (as well as other institutions of information) have been manipulating language in the public sphere to construct social hierarchies and arbitrate the rankings based on a framework over which they have absolute control.

inb4 no shit sherlock

I feel this can be proven quite easily, but I'm boomertard and don't have the capacity to do it alone

17401234? ago

  1. Write this elaborate program (Hint: a program can't read your mind as to what you want to find)

  2. Use it