Why do Pokemon avoid black neighborhoods?
http://boingboing.net/2016/07/15/why-do-pokemon-avoid-black-nei.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+boingboing%2FiBag+%28Boing+Boing%29
This wasn't as glaring a problem while the landmark database
was being used with Ingress, Pokemon Go's predecessor, because
the players were affluent (and this overwhelmingly white). Now
that Pokemon Go has given AR its breakthrough moment and a
more diverse player-base, the sampling bias in the creation of
its underlying database is unmissable.
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