Implicit Bias

Implicit Bias

Implicit bias holds that people unconsciously apply biases and stereotypes to people. The generational biases against African Americans throughout the history of the United States still have an effect on how Black people are treated in the country.

Wikipedia
Implicit Bias

Video
Why recording the police is so important (Vox)
Defining Implicit Bias and Racial Anxiety (NAIS)
Implicit Bias — how it effects us and how we push through (Melanie Funchess | TEDx)

Further Reading
The Harmful Effects of Implicit Racial Bias in the Police (Pamela Oliver, Professor of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Implicit bias: Is everyone racist? (BBC)
How training doctors in implicit bias could save the lives of black mothers (NBC)
Implicit Bias in Healthcare for African Americans (Joint Center)

*Cover image from “Implicit Bias and Structural Racialization,” By Kathleen Osta & Hugh Vasquez, National Equity Project. Download full PDF