X and My Skin Colour and Discrimination
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I woke up today with functional neurological disorder fndhope.org. I am Jamaican and Ukrainian so I look like I got a great tan. I went to Upper Canada College and the University of Toronto as a History major. I like many am still not finding employment easily today. I go onto x.com and find that Muslims on Musk's account are being labelled as rapists. This concerns me given my skin condition lol. And apparently now border control is using AI to scan people's faces with data-sets trained on x.com. Does anyone here know what is going on better than I do? I'm scared for my life. I live in forest-hill Toronto with my parents and brother.
The author, a Jamaican-Ukrainian individual with a skin condition, expresses concern about being mislabeled or discriminated against due to AI-powered border control trained on X.com data and anti-Muslim sentiment on the platform.
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Good news is that it’s unlikely you’re unemployed because of your skin or religion. There are a lot of Muslims everywhere doing great work, making strides and their skin is probably darker than yours. I encourage you to network and meet all types of people instead of getting mind fucked by social media.
The hard news is that whatever is going on with your unemployment stuff it’s probably something to reflect on. I’d suggest getting in touch with the career center at your school to fix your resume and cover letter, to start. Maybe they also have a career fair coming up you could attend. Maybe you could even find jobs in the MENA region where you’d like to work?
All in all, stay off social media if it’s upsetting you. It’s toxic for the mind if you’re not able to handle it.