Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt: You have a computer game simulation where a subject sees someone holding an object. If it’s a gun, they hit a button labeled Shoot. If it’s a harmless object, they hit another labeled Don’t Shoot. It turns out that if they are shown a black person with a gun, they’ll respond with Shoot faster than when flashed the image of a white person with a gun. People are more likely to mistakenly respond with Shoot to a black person with no gun than to a white person with no gun. nytimes/2015/01/06/science/a-macarthur-grant-winner-tries-to-unearth-biases-to-aid-criminal-justice.html?_r=0
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