implicit bias
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Texas State University Stops Diversity Training Programs After Trump Threatens to Cut Federal Funding
Nothing says “I’m not racist,” like signing an executive order that threatens to cut federal funding for universities unless they stop diversity training, and y’all already know that’s exactly what the president did. The Texas Tribune reports that Texas State University announced it will freeze its diversity training program as it tries to make sense…
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Study Finds Black Cops Disciplined More Than White Cops
In news that is absolutely shocking to no one, a study has found that Black cops are more likely to be disciplined than white cops. According to Indiana University, despite an equal number of allegations being filed against both groups, Black cops are more likely to face disciplinary action. The study, titled “The Race Discipline…
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Thanks to Black Women, There's More Political Interest in Fixing Black Maternal Care Than Ever Before
Racial disparities in maternal care have been an issue for decades—and for decades, many politicians were content with ignoring the issue or made decisions that actively exacerbated inequality. But in recent years, there has been a sea change nationwide as more elected officials at every level of government have committed themselves to addressing black maternal…
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Austin Police Still Disproportionately Arrest Black and Latinx Motorists, Despite Attempts to Address Racial Disparity in Policing
Black people make up only 8 percent of Austin, Texas’ adult population, yet comprise a quarter of all motorist arrests, a new report from the city government finds. The study (h/t CNN) analyzed traffic stops and arrests for black, Latinx, white, and Asian drivers, finding that black and Latinx drivers were overrepresented in stops and…
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Michael Bloomberg Claims He Pushed Racist ‘Stop-and-Frisk’ Policy Because He Wanted to Help Black People
One of the most appalling statistics I’ve ever read about racial profiling comes from a 2012 New York Civil Liberties Union report on the NYPD’s racist “stop-and-frisk” policy. In 2011, the NYPD searched 168,126 young black men (between the ages of 14 and 24). Depending on your knowledge of the relationship between crime, race, and…
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Black Woman Dies After Waiting Hours in ER for Help
It is often suggested that women, especially black women, go ignored and/or unseen due to implicit bias in the American healthcare system. Such may have been the case for Tashonna Ward, a 25-year-old daycare teacher from Milwaukee who died Jan. 2 while trying to find a doctor to help her, USA Today reports. Ward waited…
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Saving Black Mothers: New California Law Requires Bias Training for Doctors, Medical Providers
Bringing new life into the world can be a perilous journey for any woman, but especially for black women, who, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, are at least 3 times more likely to die of a pregnancy-related death than white women. In a bid to tackle the crisis of pregnancy-related deaths…
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Report Finds Media More Likely to Cite Video Games as Factor in Shootings When Suspect Is White
Researchers have long discredited the link between video games and gun violence—more specifically, mass shootings. But not only is the narrative false, like many other facets of American life, it’s also touched by race. A new report, published Monday in the journal Psychology of Popular Media Culture (pdf), combines two experiments that come to similar…
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Scientists Confirm All Black People Look Alike
Instead of curing deadly diseases like cancer, AIDS or racism, researchers at some of California’s top universities came together to explore one of the most mysterious subjects in the category of shit we already knew anyway—namely, that white people think all black people look the same. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a legitimate…