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Why are they looking for implicit biases in the first place? > Maybe white real-estate agents who are proud Obama voters conjure up thin excuses — excuses that
by Tabular-Iceberg 5y ago
Why are they looking for implicit biases in the first place?
> Maybe white real-estate agents who are proud Obama voters conjure up thin excuses — excuses that feel legitimate to them — to avoid renting nice units to black families.
They’re weighing the risk of ending up with a delinquent tenant against the risk of treating good people unfairly. Surely it doesn’t get more explicit than that.
I think the real implicit bias here is the American idea that KPI-chasing private enterprise can do no wrong.