This is fascinating--the researcher's timidity in calling it "prejudice" is particularly alarming as if unconscious prejudice (the example with which the article started seemed like a conscious consultation of ready-made racial thinking to me) were not prejudice and could not readily influence behavior.
Statements such as this really caught my eye:
Researcher Janice Sabin was quick to say the results do not imply prejudice. "It's important to not leave the impression that this necessarily affects behavior, because we really don't know."
I think we know more than we are willing to admit...
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This is fascinating--the researcher's timidity in calling it "prejudice" is particularly alarming as if unconscious prejudice (the example with which the article started seemed like a conscious consultation of ready-made racial thinking to me) were not prejudice and could not readily influence behavior.
Statements such as this really caught my eye:
Researcher Janice Sabin was quick to say the results do not imply prejudice. "It's important to not leave the impression that this necessarily affects behavior, because we really don't know."
I think we know more than we are willing to admit...
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