Implicit Bias: Why Race is Hard Even when People are Good*

Published for NC Criminal Law on January 19, 2016.

Scholar john powell succinctly defines implicit bias as “a habit of the mind.” He explains that our brains have a natural tendency to form associations (for example, we might see a tall person and think “basketball player”) in order to make sense of the 5,000 or so images with which we are bombarded each day. ... Read more

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