Mechanical judgment and discrimination

• Making mechanical judgments is not limited to opportunities.
  • It also includes people making systematic judgments and discrimination.

https://www.itmedia.co.jp/news/spv/2106/22/news118_0.html

• In relation to this,
  • Saying “if they are foreigners, they are likely to default on rent” is discriminatory.
  • If it is derived from a black box statistical judgment that the person is a foreigner with an annual income of xx and is likely to default on rent, it is less likely to be seen as discrimination.
    • Why?
      • Is the black box actually irrelevant?
      • If the conditions are complex, it seems like they have been carefully considered, so it is not discrimination.
        • It is not a stereotypical judgment.
        • It also seems to be related to “There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact” (Arthur Conan Doyle). Discuss this claim with reference to two areas of knowledge..