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People sometimes exhibit implicit bias. One famous example is the unintentional preference for people who belong to the same (ethnical) group. Implicit bias is often seen as a stable, unconscious ...
A new study presents data and a mathematical model to explain why there is more unconscious, or implicit, racial bias in some cities than others. The study, which brings together the math of cities ...
Almost everyone is familiar with the problem. In the United States, Black and Hispanic people are more likely to be stopped, frisked, arrested, beaten, and shot by the police (National Academies of ...
SPOKANE, Wash. – A two-part training designed to help police officers recognize their implicit bias, revealed some behavior improvement and lowered citizen discrimination complaints in a controlled ...
Countless times, Kenda Sutton-El, a Virginia doula, has witnessed her Black pregnant clients being dismissed or ignored by clinicians. One woman was told by doctors that swelling, pain and warmth in ...
Gay and lesbian people, newly woven into the fabric of mainstream society, may have been collateral damage in a broader revolt against a system that felt broken, especially among younger generations ...
We often like to think of ourselves as rational, fair, and balanced. But what if some of our judgments and decisions were shaped by hidden biases that we didn't even realize we have? An implicit bias ...
Have you ever made an immediate connection with someone you just met, only to spend another 10 minutes with them and wonder: what you were thinking? What about the opposite? Initial impressions are ...