[Libs-Or] WARNING: touchless hand sanitizer machine alert!

[Max Macias]

If anyone is interested, check out this video clip that Ruha Benjamin used
in a lecture to describe this kind of issue.

https://youtu.be/JahO1-saibU?t=1808


Watch the entire lecture if/when you have time and are interested--it is
very much worth watching.


Respectfully,

Max

On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 10:55 AM Senior, Heidi <senior at up.edu> wrote:

> Hi All, I was just about to send the same message Max sent. Thanks, Max!
> Here’s an article if anyone would like to read more about the issue: .
> https://reporter.rit.edu/tech/bigotry-encoded-racial-bias-technology
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> *From:* Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> *On Behalf Of *Max
> Macias
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 9, 2020 10:49 AM
> *To:* Rhonda Alderman <RAlderman at clatsopcc.edu>
> *Cc:* LIBS-OR at omls.oregon.gov
> *Subject:* Re: [Libs-Or] WARNING: touchless hand sanitizer machine alert!
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> This is fascinating.
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> You should check your machines and make sure they work with dark skin
> tones.
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> Sometimes soap dispensers, and other 'smart' technologies don't perform
> for, or even recognize darker skin tones.
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> Respectfully,
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> Max Macias
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> On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 10:41 AM Rhonda Alderman <RAlderman at clatsopcc.edu>
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> Omigosh, thank you for that, Dan... I really needed a laugh today.
> (Though it probably wasn't a laugh for y'all at the time...)
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> Great detective work!
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> Cheers,
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> *Rhonda Alderman*
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> *Dora Badollet Library, Technical Services*
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> *From:* Libs-Or <libs-or-bounces at omls.oregon.gov> on behalf of dan cawley
> via Libs-Or <libs-or at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 9, 2020 10:34 AM
> *To:* LIBS-OR at omls.oregon.gov <LIBS-OR at omls.oregon.gov>
> *Subject:* [Libs-Or] WARNING: touchless hand sanitizer machine alert!
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> Hello:
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> Fun times in Seaside.
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> Part of our morning protocol is to test the touchless hand sanitizing
> dispensers.  Oddly, neither machine was functioning this morning.
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> We switched out the C batteries.  Still not working.
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> Hurm...
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> In the past, we had several new boxes of worthless/expired C batteries.
> Maybe we were putting bad batteries back into the machines?*
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> Our office hand soap dispensers are also touchless and run on C
> batteries.  Oddly, neither of the hand soap dispensers were working this
> morning, either.
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> What are the odds?  Infinitesimal.
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> After trying every battery in the building, we made a special trip to
> Rite-Aid for fresh, fancy, Duracell C batteries.
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> Even with Duracells, all four dispensers still not working!!!
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> *(Insert foul language here).*
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> To make a long story longer....we miraculously deduced that the touchless
> laser switches do not respond to jet-black nitrile gloves.
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> Both persons attempting to fix the machines were wearing black gloves.
> The batteries didn't need replacement.  The gloves needed replacement.
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> Fun fact:  they work just fine with blue gloves.
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> Don't be like Seaside.  Test your soap and sanitizer machines without
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> TLDR,
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> dan cawley
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> Daniel D. Cawley
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