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Centering the relationship between structural racism and individual bias

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 May 2022

Agustín Fuentes Open the ORCID record for Agustín Fuentes [Opens in a new window] ,
Laurence Ralph  and
Dorothy E. Roberts
Agustín Fuentes
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. afuentes2@princeton.edu (primary contact), lralph@princeton.edu, https://anthropology.princeton.edu/people/faculty/agustin-fuentes, https://laurenceralphauthor.com
Laurence Ralph
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. afuentes2@princeton.edu (primary contact), lralph@princeton.edu, https://anthropology.princeton.edu/people/faculty/agustin-fuentes, https://laurenceralphauthor.com
Dorothy E. Roberts
Affiliation:
Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA. dorothyroberts@law.upenn.edu, https://www.law.upenn.edu/cf/faculty/roberts1/
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Abstract

Cesario misrepresents or ignores data on real-world racist and sexist patterns and processes in an attempt to discredit the assumptions of implicit bias experimentation. His position stands in stark contradiction to substantive research across the social sciences recognizing the widespread, systematic, and structuring processes of racism and sexism. We argue for centering the relationship between structural racism and individual bias.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e76
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