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The Hidden Rules of Bigotry
The Huffington Post: Who is good? And who is better? We make these value judgments all the time, and for good reason, about individuals. But most of us have been taught not to make such
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The Hidden Rules of Bigotry
Who is good? And who is better? We make these value judgments all the time, and for good reason, about individuals. But most of us have been taught not to make such judgments about groups
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How Cursors Betray Our Gut Feelings
The Atlantic: Quick! Match the person with the noun: Man Kitchen Woman Test Tube Mother Programming Husband Liberal Arts That’s not a real psychology test, of course, but it’s a play on what’s called an
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Redskin Psychology: The Origins of Cruel Caricature
On prime time TV this week, during halftime of the NBA playoff game, the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation of California ran a paid advertisement to protest cultural stereotyping of Native Americans. The 2-minute clip was
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African American Success Stories Have a Downside
Ken Frazier grew up in inner-city Philadelphia. His father was a janitor, and his mother passed away when he was 12. As a child, he idolized Thurgood Marshall. He received scholarships to both Penn State
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Professors are Prejudiced, too
The New York Times IN the world of higher education, we professors like to believe that we are free from the racial and gender biases that afflict so many other people in society. But is
