When Racists Take Advantage of Google's Search 'Integrity'

If you do a Google Image search for Michelle Obama, here’s what you get.

Notice the very first image, on the top left. No, that’s not a still shot from Planet of the Apes. It’s a racist’s hilarious photo-shopped take on an old white supremacist chestnut (seen recently, of course, on the editorial page of the New York Post).

You’d also see this ad from Google right above the image:

You’d think Google would do something about this offensive image beyond apologizing for its prominent presence in search results.

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