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> understand the unconscious mental processes that feed into racism and the nature of structural discrimination, even when unintended. I wonder how scientific
by kofejnik 6y ago
> understand the unconscious mental processes that feed into racism and the nature of structural discrimination, even when unintended.
I wonder how scientific this understanding is
- shadowgovt 6y agoUCSF has a useful overview on the topic. https://diversity.ucsf.edu/resources/state-science-unconscious-bias https://diversity.ucsf.edu/resources/state-science-unconscio...
- tomp 6y agoQuite biased. At least the Wikipedia page includes a Criticism section. Also, as with most psychology, the prior should be that all these studies are a result of p-hacking and publication bias (i.e. that the effect is actually noise). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit-association_test#Criticism_and_controversy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Implicit-association_test#Crit... Also pretty obvious biased cherry picking on that page. Counterexample: Women preferred 2:1 over men for STEM faculty positions https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9372481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9372481
- shadowgovt 6y agoI don't see how the provided counterexample is a counterexample. It appears to indicate unconscious bias favoring women in STEM faculty positions for hiring.
- srtjstjsj 6y agoNo evidence is given about whether the bias is unconscious.
- shadowgovt 6y agoI believe it can be inferred that it's not conscious, because if women were actually being hired intentionally at a 2 to 1 ratio, that would be an obvious violation of law against gender discrimination.
- kofejnik 6y agoDoing "X" intentionally would be illegal, therefore it could be inferred that whoever did "X" wasn't doing it consciously.