June 5, 2020 - Amplifying Day, Implicit Bias
If it feels like there is so much going on, it's impossible to keep up, that's about right.
Handing the mic over again for a very good explanation of implicit bias, and the research of Jennifer Eberhardt.
This part was depressing:
ReplyDelete"Jennifer Eberhardt’s research shows subconscious connections in people’s minds between black faces and crime, and how those links may pervert justice. Law enforcement officers across the country are taking note."
Fine so far.
Then you note the date it was published:
"SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2015"
And it's like...hmmm...five years old...*are* they listening?
Yeah, goes with earlier "nothing new at all," that the New New York Times didn't need any new words around this issue....
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