In season 2, episode 9 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Captain Picard was faced with an issue regarding the android that he considers to be his shipmate, Commander Data. In this episode, Data is forced to give up his body, so to say, in the name of science. While he himself and his fellow crewmates alike do not want to give up this valuable asset towards the team, cyberneticist Commander Maddox insists that since Data isn’t sentient, it is therefore not a being and therefore is a property of the ship Enterprise. The episode brings up the question of whether or not artificial intelligence, like Commander Data This episode, although aired years ago could come to be more relevant today than it was back then. That is because as we advance into society, science is accelerating even faster which means soon, androids like Commander Data would become a relaity, no longer science fiction. Now that too brings up the question of do these “machines” who are capable of acting like humans deserve rights like humans. Are they even to be considered humans or are they a race of their own? From the readings of Safiya Umoja Noble in Algorithms of Oppression, Noble brings up the question of racism being enforced upon these androids. Due to the fact that these androids have to be programmed by someone, then there will be an inevitable source of racism, sexism or any type of bias.