(Click here to view the entire P&R issue) In the past few weeks, a number of important new studies on racialized poverty and inequality have been released, using a five-year data “snapshot” from the American Community Survey. Taken together, these studies illustrate the persistent disproportionate racial impact of poverty in America, rising numbers of African-American … [Read more...] about “Four New Studies on Race and Poverty Trends” (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
“Beyond Bias” by Olatunde Johnson (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
By Olati Johnson (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Professors Banks and Ford are correct to highlight the dangers of the current preoccupation with implicit bias among academics and civil rights advocates. The central problem is not an empirical ambiguity in the Implicit Association Test (IAT). And, notwithstanding the Court’s recent decision in Walmart v. Dukes … [Read more...] about “Beyond Bias” by Olatunde Johnson (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
“Implicit Bias, Racial Inequality, and Our Multivariate World” by Andrew Grant-Thomas (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
By Andrew Grant-Thomas (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) Richard Banks and Richard Thompson Ford make a number of potentially important arguments. I focus here on two: first, their assertion that the Implicit Association Test may measure conscious-but-concealed bias rather than implicit bias; and, second, their claim that attention to unconscious or implicit bias … [Read more...] about “Implicit Bias, Racial Inequality, and Our Multivariate World” by Andrew Grant-Thomas (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
“Litigating Implicit Bias” by Eva Paterson (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
By Eva Paterson (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) If you find yourself applying for a job, you may want to make sure your name is Emily or Greg rather than Lakisha or Jamal. A recent study found candidates with more “white-sounding” names received 50% more callbacks for jobs than those with “African-American sounding” names, even when the resumes were otherwise … [Read more...] about “Litigating Implicit Bias” by Eva Paterson (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
“Implicit Bias Insights as Preconditions to Structural Change” by john powell & Rachel Godsil (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
By john powell & Rachel Godsil (Click here to view the entire P&R issue) We generally assume that we “control” our behavior most of the time—particularly when an issue is important. This assumption, like many assumptions, is wrong. Scientists estimate that we have conscious access to only 2% of our brains’ emotional and cognitive process. Neuroscientists have also … [Read more...] about “Implicit Bias Insights as Preconditions to Structural Change” by john powell & Rachel Godsil (Sept/Oct 2011 P&R Issue)
