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MacArthur Genius Recipient Jennifer Eberhardt Discusses Her New Book ‘Biased’
MacArthur Genius recipient Jennifer Eberhardt has a new book, Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do. Jennifer Eberhardt is a scientist, a social psychologist who studies how we interact
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Book Recommendation: “Biased” By MacArthur Genius Grant Winner Jennifer Eberhardt
I was thrilled to snag an advance copy of Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (releases from Viking on March 26, 2019) by social psychologist Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt. This
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There are ways to combat racism that don’t rely on implicit bias
It would be nice if, to address racism and sexism, we could simply call on people to change their subconscious prejudicial impulses. Unfortunately, despite the hype around “implicit bias” as a psychological tool for improving
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Americans Are Becoming Less Racist and Homophobic, According to New Research
The resurgence of openly racist attitudes in the Trump era has led many observers to question whether the apparent reduction in prejudice in recent years was an illusion. New research provides a reassuring answer. Researchers
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The Pathology of Prejudice
Driving around the part of Fresno, California, where Shannon Brown spent much of her life feels a bit like entering an alternate, more insular version of America, something out of an earlier time. We passed
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Black Space, White Blindness
In John Sayles’ 1984 movie The Brother From Another Planet, a card shark is riding a northbound A train that is about to make the 66-block jump from Midtown to Harlem. “I have another magic