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Cesario's framework for understanding group disparities is radically incomplete

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

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Morgan Weaving
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School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. mweaving@student.unimelb.edu.au; cfine@unimelb.edu.au https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/126041-cordelia-fine
Cordelia Fine
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School of Historical and Philosophical Studies, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia. mweaving@student.unimelb.edu.au; cfine@unimelb.edu.au https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/126041-cordelia-fine
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Abstract

Cesario argues that experimental studies of bias tell us little about why group disparities exist. We argue that Cesario's alternative approach implicitly frames understanding of group disparities as a false binary between “bias” and “group differences.” This, we suggest, will contribute little to our understanding of the complex dynamics that produce group disparities, and risks inappropriately rationalizing them.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e94
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