Missing context from experimental studies amplifies, rather than negates, racial bias in the real world
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| Publication date | 2022 |
| Journal | Behavioral and Brain Sciences |
| Article number | e78 |
| Volume | Issue number | 45 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
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| Abstract |
We agree with Cesario's premise but reject his conclusion: Although experimental studies of racial stereotyping, weapons perception, and shoot decisions typically exclude real-world contextual factors and thus have limited relevance to race disparities (e.g., in policing), these excluded factors comprise systemic, institutional, and individual-level biases that are more likely to amplify racial disparities than negate them. |
| Document type | Article |
| Note | Open peer commentary to: J. Cesario (2022) What can experimental studies of bias tell us about real-world group disparities? In: Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45:e66. |
| Language | English |
| Published at | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X21000868 |
| Other links | https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X21000017 |
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