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The Science of Equality, Volume 1: Addressing Implicit Bias, Racial Anxiety, and Stereotype Threat in Education and Health Care

Rachel D. Godsil, Linda R. Tropp, Phillip Atiba Goff, & john a. powell; Perception Institute

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This report draws on over two hundred studies to describe the operation of implicit bias, racial anxiety, and stereo-type threat; to document how students of color are both overdisciplined and given too little feedback on their work in the classroom; to examine how standardized tests lowball the aptitudes and abilities of black and Latino students; and to show how the fact that doctors are far from immune from the kinds of biases and anxieties that affect all of us leads to worse outcomes for African Americans and increased distrust between black patients and white doctors

Science of Equity Vol. 1 report cover

Published

November 3, 2014

Topic

Race & Equity

Category

Evidence Base & Research Policy

Audience

Local Leaders

Resource Type

Knowledge/Articles

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