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The Mind Of The Village: Understanding Our Implicit Biases [npr.org]

 

Are you racist?

It's a question that makes most of us uncomfortable and defensive.

Harvard University psychologist Mahzarin Banaji says while most people don't feel they're racist, they likely carry unfavorable opinions about people of color — even if they are people of color themselves.

Banaji is one of the creators of the Implicit Association Test, a widely-used tool for measuring a person's implicit biases. She says it's important to acknowledge that the individual mind sits in society.

[For more on this story and to listen to the Hidden Brain podcast by SHANKAR VEDANTAM, JENNIFER SCHMIDT, PARTH SHAH, RHAINA COHEN, TARA BOYLE, MAGGIE PENMAN, go to https://www.npr.org/2018/03/09...-our-implicit-biases]

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