An infamous blackface performance by Tesla indicates to me the company is promoting a fantasy of robots that invokes a discussion of slavery. What do you see here? Does a white man dressed all in black seem odd standing next to a robot made to appear like a black woman dressed all in white? I … Continue reading Tesla’s Blackface Robot: Promoting Slavery as Fantasy?
You may remember a long time ago how the CEO of Tesla was accused by the company founder of some pretty serious knowledge and ethics gaps (calling him an “exaggerator and a liar“): …claimed on a number of occasions to have degrees in both business and physics and to have briefly attended Stanford University, the … Continue reading Tesla Puts Safety Last, Undermines Quality to Rush Production
If you already know an infamous company is run by a white man from South Africa who grew up wealthy during apartheid (hint: his claims of $100K in debt at an early age are admitting his privilege and leverage, also known as credit)… then you might not be surprised to hear that racism is a … Continue reading Racism at Tesla Might Explain Why Their “Autopilot” Crashes So Often
The Ford Pinto engineering design flaws are infamous, thus it has been the car most associated with preventable fire risks until… TESLA (updated July 2nd): The driver, identified as an “executive entrepreneur”, was initially not able to get out of the car because its electronic door system failed, prompting the driver to “use force to … Continue reading Tesla Faces Massive Recall Due to Acceleration Risk