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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by willravel
We all have the potential for racial bias or hatred, but it's not "racism in your brain". I hope that's clear. You aren't born racist. No one is.
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Originally Posted by willravel
No, fortunately I've been perfectly clear all along: the possibility of racism is in your brain. Racism specifically is caused by environment. I was trying to clarify an assumption that could accompany the vague thread title.
This thread isn't even really about racism, but rather cognitive bias. It's a shame that the author of the article in the OP chose to use sensationalism over science. Pseudo-scientific terms like "implicit bias" are used to excuse shocking and extreme examples of cognitive bias.
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oh. sorry I didn't see how clear that first statement was with that big NOT right before "racism in your brain".
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