Study looks at connection between unconscious bias and decision making

Project Implicit may show you that you have unconscious bias (duh?) and now a new study underway will “research the effects of unconscious racial bias on decision-making and develop strategies to support decision-making based on consciously held American values rather than on racial anxiety and stereotypes.” The projet’s founder is john powell (this is like the blog…

Implicit Assumptions about Stereotypes in Language and Media

 On the Daily Show earlier this week, Senior Black Correspondent (his formal title on the show) Larry Wilmore pointed out Jon Stewart’s implicit assumptions:  “So what you’re saying is in these times the new face of criminality is now white.”  “I’m glad you’re finally admitting that you thought it was black,” is Wilmore’s response. The…