By Yasmin Anwar Futurity When Starbucks announced plans to conduct anti-bias training at its 8,000 outlets following the unprovoked arrests of two African-American customers in Philadelphia, psychologist Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton was at once impressed and skeptical. A veteran scholar of…
By Amy Wolf Futurity The biases we hold below the surface influence how we view this election season, says Efrén Pérez, an associate professor of political science and sociology. This “implicit bias” influences our views on major political issues,…
LatinaLista — Hollywood and “the media” have long been blamed for fostering a promotion of negative stereotypes. In turn, viewers who accept these versions of marginalized segments of the population may develop a bias against these groups, either consciously…
David S. Pedulla, University of Texas at Austin and Devah Pager, Harvard University The Conversation Discrimination in the hiring process has limited the opportunities available to both racial minorities – such as African Americans – and women, with important…
