Twitter Captures Implicit Bias of Hunger Games Fans
Last weekend, the Hunger Games emerged as the next big Hollywood franchise. Many readers of the book turned out for the opening weekend of the movie. Some fans were severely disappointed—by the race of some of the characters. Jezebel highlights…
PRRAC publishes a Forum on Implicit Bias
The Poverty & Race Research Action Council dedicated its September/October 2011 newsletter to a thoughtful discussion of Implict Bias and its place in modern anti-discrimination theory and public interest advocacy. The back and forth among the authors is very helpful…
Research Grant Approvals- Evidence of Implicit Bias?
According to a recent study, a research grant application from an African-American scientist to the National Institutes of Health is significantly less likely to win approval than one from a white scientist. The study, led by Donna K. Ginther, a…
