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The same is true for hiring, etc. Sitting here behind computer monitors we see the solution so clearly: to stop racism, just ignore race. But out in the real w
by carbocation 11y ago
The same is true for hiring, etc. Sitting here behind computer monitors we see the solution so clearly: to stop racism, just ignore race.
But out in the real world after we step away from these screens, the futility of that demand becomes clear. You and I commit implicitly biased acts on a routine basis that we don't even notice.
Doctors don't under-treat black patients' pain because they explicitly dislike black people. They do so due to implicit bias. You cannot admonish people into shedding their implicit biases. The solution is to build a system that is resilient to implicit bias.
- finid 11y agoBias is a built-in human feature. In fact, all living things are hard-wired to discriminate. So your "implicit bias" is right. Most of the time we engage in it unconsciously. Sometimes that "implicit bias shows up as racism, nepotism or some other form of favoritism. > Doctors don't under-treat black patients' pain because they explicitly dislike black people. They do so due to implicit bias. No necessarily true. A racist doctor will under-treat black patients simply because he's racist. And note that I'm referring to a racist doctor, because not all white doctors are racist.