NYTIMES.COM Justice Is Blind. Sometimes, So Is Prejudice.

The problem is that when we live in a society divided by race, gender, class or some other category, our brains learn those social groupings, too, and apply them to order our perceptual field, even when they are more arbitrary than real, even when the “knowledge” attached is a pernicious stereotype and even if we’re committed to equality. This is implicit bias.

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Justice Is Blind. Sometimes, So Is Prejudice.

Jennifer L. Eberhardt’s “Biased” examines the unwitting ways that racial categories and stereotypes continue to affect human behavior.