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Book

Racial bias : is change possible?

Call Number

  • 305.8 D573 TEEN (CEN, EAS, OSH, POW, WSQ)

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Publication Information

San Diego, CA : ReferencePoint Press, [2023]

Physical Description

64 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm

Audience

Ages: 14-18 ReferencePoint Press.

Summary

"Biases become harmful when they lead us to treat people unfairly. When unfair treatment of a particular group is widespread in a community or society, it gives rise to discrimination and inequality. But due to the country's long embrace of racially discriminatory laws, policies, and social codes, racial bias stands out as a particularly entrenched and destructive problem"--

Contents

  • An insidious harm
  • The roots of bias
  • How implicit racial bias develops
  • The destructive effects of racial bias
  • Is implicit racial bias hardwired?
  • Fighting implicit racial bias.

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